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Hansi Flick confirmed he has already spoken with Wojciech Szczęsny after the previous Arsenal and Juventus goalkeeper arrived in Barcelona on Monday to finish his transfer to the LaLiga leaders.
Szczęsny, 34, has agreed to come back out of retirement to exchange Marc-André ter Stegen, who has been dominated out for the season with a knee harm, and compete with Iñaki Peña for a beginning berth.
Flick stopped wanting confirming the signing, however insisted the ex-Poland worldwide has not been made any guarantees relating to enjoying time on the Olympic Stadium.
“I do not usually talk about gamers that are not a part of the squad, however I can say that no participant at Barça has ensures that they are going to be a starter,” Flick stated when requested if Szczęsny had been promised the No. 1 position.
“Sure, I’ve spoken with him, however I will not say any greater than that. If within the coming days he indicators for Barça, we will discuss extra about it within the subsequent information convention.”
Sources have informed ESPN Szczęsny will signal a contract till the top of the season, with Peña set to stay in objective when Barça host Young Boys within the Champions League on Tuesday.
Frenkie de Jong might additionally characteristic towards the Swiss champions, with Flick confirming the Dutch midfielder is in line to return after 5 months out with an ankle harm.
“It’s tremendous excellent news that we’ve Frenkie again with us, even when it is for 5 or 10 minutes,” Flick stated.
“He is crucial for us. Frenkie’s perspective is nice. He is been keen to assist the staff. We would have liked his presence and he’ll be prepared, to not play 45 minutes however possibly 10 or 20 and it will likely be helpful for him.
“It is also optimistic for him being again with the staff, competing, being across the dressing room and placing the shirt on.”
Pedri, Marc Casadó and Pablo Torre are the one different midfielders accessible to Flick towards Younger Boys, with Eric García suspended and Gavi, Marc Bernal, Dani Olmo, Fermín López and Andreas Christensen all injured.
De Jong’s return, subsequently, is way wanted and comes simply in the future after he spoke in regards to the “psychological trauma” of repeated ankle accidents, while also denying reports he had disagreed with the membership relating to the necessity for surgical procedure.
Barça go into the sport towards Younger Boys on the again of their first defeat in LaLiga this season, 4-2 at Osasuna on Saturday, whereas they have been additionally beaten 2-1 by Monaco of their first Champions League sport this time period.
That Monaco loss displays a wider development within the Champions League for Barça, who’ve received simply 10 of their final 25 video games within the competitors, however Flick says the previous doesn’t matter as he focuses on serving to the membership re-earn respect throughout Europe.
“We need to have success within the Champions League and to win all of our video games, the staff and me as a coach, and I am very optimistic we will do this,” he added.
“We work properly, prepare exhausting, play good entertaining soccer and if we have to acquire the respect of our opponents as soon as once more then we’ll work exhausting on that.
“The objective now could be to win three factors at residence and we’ll exit with our greatest staff towards Younger Boys. On this new format, we do not know what number of factors you have to so we’ve to get as many as doable from the beginning.
“I do not learn about strain, everybody has strain of their work, and there’s all the time strain on us going into video games, that is the job we’ve to do.
“We need to win our video games and that is how we take care of strain. Younger Boys have had a troublesome begin to the season however they’ve good, fast gamers and are good in transition, so we’ve to watch out.”
