Hansi Flick sends a bombshell about his future

The Spanish Super Cup won against Real Madrid was a boost of confidence for FC Barcelona and its technical staff. The team came out very strengthened to face the rest of the season. And without much celebration, Real Betis presents itself in Catalonia this Wednesday evening, on the lawn of the Estadi Lluís Companys: “Sunday's game, the final, the way we won, the performance… All this should give us confidence that we can win every game. But we have to show it. We all need to know this. We have to have the mentality and work on it and play on the pitch as a united team, that's something crucial», declared Hansi Flick not without joy at a press conference, before continuing on the opponent of the evening: “We must have the same attitude and the same approach. We are ready and we want to win the match against Betis: in the races, the strategies, the passes… we have to be perfect because they are very good and very aggressive”. After several weeks of internal chaos due to the late registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor, the sun is shining in the Catalan sky.

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And precisely on this subject, when asked if President Joan Laporta's explanations on the Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor affair had convinced him, his answer was very clear, summarizing with a simple yes. As a reminder, the Catalan president declared in a major press briefing on Tuesday: “Over the past two weeks, two events have confirmed certain things and refuted others. They confirm the strength of Barça and refute a false apocalyptic narrative from certain circles, made of ignorance, bad faith or other things. Barça has returned to the 1-1 rule of La Liga financial fair play. This allows us to recruit normally. After being the subject of intervention by LaLiga, we are no longer the subject of it. This allows us to sign Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor“. Arriving last summer in place of Xavi, Hansi Flick already seems to be rewarding his superb work with this first trophy won of the season and the German coach does not intend to stop there in Catalonia.

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While he has only signed a two-season contract with the second year optional, Hansi Flick wants to dream very big with the Blaugrana. Asked about his future at a press conference, he played it straight: “I don't think long term. In Football, things happen very quickly and everything changes. At the end of the season we will see. But I feel very good here. I like working with Barça and with the team, I have a contract for a year and a half. We are focused on ourselves. I focus on what I can change. I think we're one big family and that's fantastic. The players talk, the relationship is incredible. Everyone is proud to play for Barça. We believe in it. I believe in the players. If you see that everything is working and everyone is there, the players, the staff, the coaches who were there before, the physiotherapists, the media… what more can you expect from our team?“. Football moves fast, sometimes too fast, but it is true that the former Bayern coach is already well established at Barça.

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There are few coaches from outside the Barça family who have been so successful on the Catalan bench so quickly. All in a climate far from idyllic: “Sometimes we are not safe, but we have shown the most important thing: we are successful. This is what we want. Everyone is around the team. We want to win titles. We won one on Sunday. It's incredible. Everyone knows what to do. We have to prove it again and again, that we are good. I said it before, I had confidence and I believed in the club. It's always been like this. We were focused on what we needed to change. We did well, in training… after the holidays, we focus on the matches. Tomorrow there is another match.. The message has been sent and it is up to the Catalan management to make a decision in the coming months. In any case, there is no lack of motivation for the German.