BARCELONA.- FC Barcelona, a recent Spanish League champion and the Copa del Rey, announced on Wednesday the expansion of its coach’s contract, the German Hansi Flickfor another year, until June 2027.
“FC Barcelona and Hansi Flick have reached an agreement for the renewal of their contract, which will link to the club until June 30, 2027,” said the statement of the Catalan club.
The German, which this May 29 will turn a year as a Barça coach, has had a successively conquering the Spanish Super Cup, the Copa del Rey and, above all, LaLiga.
“Because of the attitude that has endowed the team, by memorable goals, by epic comebacks and by titles. Tangible that do not hide the intangible. The illusion that the German has aroused in a first year on the bench, where he has turned FC Barcelona one of the most fearsome rivals in Europe,” said the Catalan entity.
Flick won 43 of the 54 games that this campaign has played, 73%, “remarkable numbers that have led to a young staff to lift a domestic triplet, league, cup and Spanish supercopa,” Barcelona stressed.
In the Champions League there was the main disappointment, with the elimination in semifinals against Inter Milan. He will not be able to add more titles this season, since the Catalan club did not get his ticket to the New Club World Cup.
“I am happy that this trip continues and I feel that we are not in the end. We have a lot of potential in this team. We have a very young team and we deserve everything we achieve this season,” Flick told the media of the Barca club.
“We know that we have to improve and we will do it. I want the same as in the last season, because I can say that we try everything. We work hard, we try to improve and, of course, we want to win titles. This is Barça,” Flick continued.
The man of the finals
Since his arrival, the German has managed to combine veterans, such as the Polish Robert Lewandowski, with the youngest, such as Lamine Yamal, to build in record time a team that has only picked up praise for his game.
In particular, it surprises with how he has succeeded, since he has left the base of the team that disappointed in recent years, with few novelties such as Dani Olmo and Wojciech Szczesny, the Polish goalkeeper who left his retirement to replace the injured Ter Stegen.
The team shone thanks to a Magistral Yamal, but also Pedri, who has directed his teammates to a thousand wonders, and a reborn Raphinha, whom Flick has recovered when it seemed that the Brazilian had his feet out of the club.
His imprint was seen in the effectiveness in the attack. In what is taken from the season, it has scored 171 goals, 99 in 37 games in LaLiga and 43 of 14 games in Champions.
The Teuton coach, who has enjoyed his first experience outside his native country, has not lost any final so far, raising the record to seven, five with Bayern Munich and two with FC Barcelona.
His first trophy on the Barca bench came with the Spanish Super Cup that won Real Madrid (5-2), his favorite victim in this course, with four victories in as many games.
Then, he won 3-2 in the extension in the Copa del Rey, on April 26, again to the White Club.
“Shit November”
Alien to the culé universe, Flick cut the state of negativity to the club from the march of Lionel Messi almost four years ago.
The technician never gave up his philosophy when the bad results arrived in November (“Shit November” came to qualify him in a press conference), a bad streak that lasted in December.
However, based on work, he replied to Barcelona to finally conquer the league title, which was not within the forecasts, since its maximum rival, Real Madrid, had reinforced the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé.
With this renovation, Barcelona does not want to let the German coach escape who has returned to the Barça painting the prominence in European football he had lost in recent years, thus closing post Messi depression.
