Hansi Flick believes the philosophy and rules of Barcelona carefully resemble his personal and is worked up to get began after succeeding Xavi at Camp Nou.
On Wednesday, Barca confirmed former Bayern Munich boss Flick had signed a two-year contract to take over as head coach following Xavi’s shock dismissal.
Xavi had initially introduced his departure in January, just for president Joan Laporta to persuade him to conduct a U-turn and commit his future to the membership. Amid stories of unrest behind the scenes, Barca then determined to half methods with the previous midfielder.
Flick, who received two Bundesliga titles and the Champions League throughout a two-year spell with Bayern, is dedicated to conforming to Barca’s traditions.
“It’s an enormous honour and a dream for me to signal my contract right here in Barcelona, with this superb membership,” he instructed the membership’s media channels.
“The membership is unbelievable. Within the hours I used to be right here in Barcelona, it has been superb. Everybody loves the membership and needs to have success.
“The philosophy they’ve for the membership, it’s much like mine, with extra possession and actually attacking soccer. These are the issues I really like.
“Barcelona has among the best academies on the planet, a mixture between a few of the greatest gamers on the planet and younger, gifted gamers.
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“I received some titles with Bayern Munich and my starvation for titles is de facto huge. I wish to keep on this path with Barcelona and I believe we are able to obtain loads collectively.”
Flick’s Bayern facet have been recognized for his or her high-pressing, possession-based model of soccer.
Between his appointment in November 2019 and his exit in June 2021, they averaged the best possession share within the Bundesliga (62.55 per cent) and received the ball within the remaining third 489 instances, 172 away from Borussia Dortmund, who have been second by that metric (317).
In addition they led the way in which for wins (45), complete pictures (1,023) and targets (174) in that span, averaging precisely three targets per Bundesliga outing.
Barca will hope Flick’s arrival will get extra out of Robert Lewandowski, who set the Bundesliga’s single-season objective report beneath him in 2020-21, netting 41 instances in 29 matches.
