Flick accepts Barça switch woe on deadline day

Hansi Flick accepts that Barcelona‘s monetary scenario will stop them from signing a replacement for the injured Marc Bernal because the switch window appears set to shut with none additional additions on the Catalan membership.

Barça have signed Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor this summer time however ideally would even have introduced in a holding midfielder, a left winger and one other defender if they may achieve this whereas complying with LaLiga‘s monetary rules.

Nevertheless, after failing with an attempt to hijack RB Salzburg’s transfer for Liverpool midfielder Stefan Bajčetić, Barça coach Flick insists he’s pleased with the squad he has at his disposal regardless of shedding Bernal for the season to a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

“It’s like it’s,” the German stated in a information convention on Friday. “I do know what the [situation] is at Barça. I’ve to just accept these items and I do.

“I do know [there are] lots of rumours within the soccer world, however in the mean time it is like it’s. We’ve got a staff, 11 gamers for [Saturday against Real Valladolid], 5 adjustments. It is sufficient gamers.

“I’m pleased with the staff now. In opposition to Rayo [Vallecano], Marc Bernal was implausible, so we are going to miss him. It was unbelievable how he performed our thought at 17 years outdated.

“After I noticed the final three matches again in whole, Marc, what he was doing was actually implausible. Now we’ve to interchange him. That is with the staff right here, although, and I’m pleased with that.”

Bernal impressed Flick in preseason and is considered one of three 17-year-olds to have began Barça’s first three LaLiga matches — wins towards Valencia, Athletic Club and Rayo — together with Pau Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal.

Flick says he’s assessing two choices to interchange him on the base of Barça’s midfield towards Valladolid on the Olympic Stadium this weekend.

“We’ve got Marc Casadó and likewise Eric [García] can play this place,” he added. “Eric is extra a defender, however he additionally performed midfield in matches when he got here on for us, additionally in coaching and he did actually good.”

Regardless of an advanced switch window, Barça have made an encouraging begin to the brand new marketing campaign below Flick.

They’re the one staff to have received all three of their matches to date, whereas preseason title favourites Real Madrid, who added Kylian Mbappé to their squad in the summertime, have already dropped factors with attracts towards Mallorca and Las Palmas.

“Will probably be an extended season and I do not care in regards to the scenario,” Flick stated when requested about Madrid’s below-par begin. “I deal with our staff, on Barça, that is the necessary factor.

“We’ve got to do our job, we did it the final three matches and hopefully we do it tomorrow. We had in the future off on Thursday and now we put together for Valladolid. The gamers are contemporary and looking out good in coaching.”

Flick has earned lots of reward for Barça’s begin to the season, their finest since 2018-19, however he says performances and outcomes are being fuelled by the gamers, not him.

“We’ve got a particular environment on this staff,” he stated. “The mentality is basically good. I like these gamers, additionally the Spanish gamers I work with in Munich, they’re actually skilled and their perspective is unbelievably good, I like this.

“What I can see after the win in Rayo and the damage to Marc Bernal, how they help him, how shut they’re with him. This makes me very proud. This is essential for a staff to behave like this.

“The perspective of the staff, mentality they’ve, it is implausible. I like this. You possibly can solely win one thing when you’ve got this mentality. As a gaggle, you might be collectively as a unit, in defence, assault, but in addition when different issues arrive. That is what I can really feel.”