German Hans Flick, coach of Barcelona, made a strong statement before facing Valladolid in the Spanish League, and he also surprised traditional rivals Real Madrid with a fiery statement.
The Catalan club is preparing to meet its counterpart Valladolid, in the fourth round of the Spanish Premier League 2024-2025, tomorrow, Saturday, August 31.
Hans Flick spoke during the match’s press conference, saying: “Things are as they are, I never focus on the transfer market. I am happy with the team. Against Rayo, Bernal played an amazing match. We will miss him because it is amazing how he plays at the age of 17.”
He continued: “Real Madrid’s start in the league? The season will be long and I do not care about them or occupy myself with the competitor. I focus on Barcelona and I hope that we can perform well again tomorrow.
Today we prepared ourselves again with an intensive training session. We are looking forward to the match against Valladolid. We are ready to play.”
Hans Flick continued: “Bernal’s substitute? We have two options and I think it is clear that we have Marc Casado, and Eric who also played in that position.
He added: “Jonathan Tah? We have to accept this situation. If the player is not here… There are a lot of rumours in football. If a new player arrives, I will be happy. But tomorrow we will have a starting line-up and five changes. It is not complicated. The issue is to know the players I have available. Tomorrow we will have 18 players.”
He stressed: “The pivot? I have seen a lot of good things from Marc Bernal, now we have to focus on the players who will replace him, Casado or Eric, we will give them the opportunity to play in that position, I am sure they can do it perfectly.”
He confirmed: “I think that Fermin is an ‘8’ or ‘10’ player, he joined the team later than the rest of his teammates, that is why he did not play from the beginning, the season is very long, and when he did play, he showed what he can do. It is true that he was not a starter, but he has the quality to be in the starting line-up.”