The new Barcelona coach was confirmed, and the six-time champion took a salary cut to join, Laporta smiled
Just now, according to the latest news brought by the Spanish media Ace newspaper, there has been the latest progress on the selection of the new coach of Barcelona. Due to the team's very resolute personal attitude, the head coach Xavi has not changed his mind about leaving the team at the end of the season. Therefore, Barcelona must finalise a new manager as soon as possible before next season. The team's original plan was to put B coach Marques on top, but so far, the situation has reversed.
Because former Bayern coach Flick has a strong desire to coach Barcelona, he took the initiative to contact the team's senior management to recommend himself in the hope of becoming the club's manager next season. He is hungry for this opportunity to return to the dugout. Objectively speaking, Barcelona did consider Flick before, but the red and blue excluded him for financial reasons. Barcelona believe they can't afford to invest too much in the managerial position at this stage, and Xavi's current salary of 3.8 million euros is already the limit of what they can afford. And if the coach of the B team, Max, can be directly on top, then Barcelona can save another half of the money.
In other words, the manager's salary is an important factor that limits the selection of new Barcelona coaches. However, Flick made it clear to the Barcelona hierarchy in the latest contact between the two sides that he does not care about how much he is paid at Barcelona every year. He just wants to return to the dugout and lead Barcelona to a record to prove himself. And this turned the tide for the better. In fact, if Flick is willing to take Xavi's current salary of less than 4 million euros a year, or continue to take a salary cut to this extent, Barcelona's choice of him is the best option at the moment.
Flick, who had previously won six titles with Bayern Munich, had a similarity between his football philosophy and Barca's passing and controlling. Even his style of play and tactics are another mode of passing. If he takes over the Red and Blues, maybe the team will play well. And what fans didn't expect was that the newspaper revealed that in order to show his determination to coach Barcelona, Flick even recently enrolled himself in a crash course in Spanish. He is working overtime to improve his Spanish in order to integrate better into the team and gain more control of the dressing room.
Such determination and will are indeed admirable, and it also shows the sincerity of his desire to coach Barcelona. On top of that, the team's hierarchy put him ahead of B team coach Max. For Barcelona, Max is actually just a helpless choice. Although he had a good record with Team B, he never coached a professional team at all. Barcelona, a giant squad in the revival stage, does put him at great risk. It can be said that in order to save money, Barcelona has already felt a little sick and rushed to the doctor.
At this time, the appearance of Flick changed all this, and then Barcelona only needs to let him be the coach of the team, so whether it is the reduction of financial investment, or the team's results in the new season are guaranteed. In a way, Flick is the ideal next manager for Barcelona. At the moment, the deal is almost a foregone conclusion. On the other hand, for Flick, after coaching Bayern Munich, he was regarded by many fans as a new star in the coach's box, and he was able to compete with Guardiola, Klopp and others in the future. But I didn't expect to start high and go low, and later after leaving Bayern, the effect of taking over the German national team was not ideal.
He even brought the German team with a luxurious squad on paper, and went out of the group stage again at the Qatar World Cup, which caused him to be questioned by the outside world. After being sacked by the German team, Flick has been at home for now. He's a very self-respecting guy and he's eager to prove himself with a new team. Obviously, Barcelona's coaching bench is a very attractive position at this stage. So in your opinion, what will be the effect of the cooperation between Flick, who is eager to prove himself, and Barcelona, who are in the revival stage?