FC Barcelona star Dani Olmo talked about Hansi Flick’s work at the club thus far during an interview … [+] with SPORT.
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FC Barcelona star Dani Olmo talked about Hansi Flick’s work at the club thus far during an interview with SPORT.
Almost three weeks after completing his transfer from RB Leipzig which should surpass $60 million in value through fixed money and add-ons, Olmo finally made what he described as an “unbeatable” professional debut for his boyhood club against Rayo Vallecano on Tuesday.
With Barca trailing 1-0 in Vallecas, Olmo changed the game with an instant impact and was handed the MVP award for his second half performance which also saw him net the winner.
Playing a pivotal role in Flick becoming the first Barca coach to win his opening three games since Ernesto Valverde in the title-delivering campaign of 2018/2019, the Catalan shed a light on working with the German ahead of Saturday’s La Liga clash with Real Valladolid where Olmo should make his home debut.
By SPORThe was first probed on what Flick demanded of him when Olmo entered the fray against Rayo.
“Hansi asked me to move between the lines, where I like [to play]and to connect with Pedri and those up front. I felt comfortable. He told me in a mixture of English and German,” Olmo said.
Revealing that he sometimes helps teammates understand messages Flick passes on by translating them, Olmo was then invited to explain what the ex-Bayern Munich boss is like “in terms of communication, method, [and] temperament”.
“Not bad,” Olmo said. [He’s] close, communicative, and very ambitious to win.”
“Even if we have had a good start [to the season]they [Flick and his staff] are always looking at the next game. The past is not worth much, and we have to look at the next one and keep winning. Until now he has not been heard to raise his voice so much. He has done it sometimes, but nothing out of the ordinary,” Olmo added with a laugh.
Olmo further said that Flick “knows me from the Bundesliga” and therefore also “knows where I played there and where I performed best”.
“He knows where I can play,” Olmo reiterated. “In the first match he put me behind the 9, next to Pedri, which is where I feel best. Although he knows that I could play in any of the positions up front.”
With Marc Bernal injured, possibly for the rest of the season, there is now a vacant place in midfield and Flick’s 4-2-3-1.
Olmo could take one of the central spots, or play on the left wing while Raphinha remains a CAM where he has done good work thus far in 2024/2025.
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