What role is Thiago Alcántara having in Hansi Flick's FC Barcelona?

Although it already works with the first staff of the FC Barcelona, the Barcelona club still expects to announce the contracting of Thiago Alcántara like part of the team of work of Hansi Flick. The canterano culé, that recently announced his professional retreat because of the injuries that pursued him in the two last years, keeps in the air from this official part of his role, but already has defined how will be able to help to the German trainer in his first experience far of the field.

And it is that Flick has valued at all times the fact that it was seven years in Munich, what offered him a quite fluent German. Also it handles to perfection the English with his go through Liverpool, giving become a pillar in the communication inside the staff culé. Like this it explains it 'Sport', signalling that Thiago is very pending to translate specific indications and any explanation of Hansi to the players, especially before the logical limitations that still has the trainer with his Spanish.

Thiago is being a key man in the start of Flick in the Barça

For the German, the presence of a man of the house is key for aceitar faster his methodology of work, a that Thiago knew very well in the Bayern during the season 2019/20, one in which the Bavarians won the triplete. Alcántara finish leaving to the Liverpool to the term of the course, but both keep a good relation since and his ease to see the football that Flick want to that his team play, and his access to so many key languages, have given him this role to be a species of communicator between the staff and the players in the first days of pre-season.

Flick Up to now has been very pending of the more youngsters and in this interlocución, Thiago is very present, as it aims the information. Already regarding the permanence of the already exjugador in the 'staff' of Flick, of wait that Thiago do not take an agreement of half/long term to follow opened to what arise in his future, a point that has been important so that up to now there is not an official announcement on his return to the Catalan club.

In principle, the Barça expected to announce the return of the of Saint Pietro Vernotico the same Saturday, but the true is that yes there is green light to his incorporation. Also it is clear that looks for to incorporate no only like a translator and link of Hansi Flick with the staff, although it understands also that it still has a lot of margin of growth to begin to learn like assistant and as possible trainer.