An insight into the early impressions of incoming Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick of the squad of players set to be at his disposal has this week been forthcoming online.
The info comes courtesy of Relevo, and points towards the German as being eager to quickly fix one area of Barcelona’s ranks he deems as some way short of ideal.
The area in question? Physicality.
Flick, for his part, has long based his footballing philosophy on players boasting optimum fitness levels, from both a cardiovascular and physical standpoint.
As much proved an absolutely central aspect of his history-making efforts on the bench at Bayern Munich.
Of the opinion that Barcelona’s stars were lacking in this area last season, the 59-year-old is therefore ready to do whatever it takes, starting from pre-season, to whip his Blaugrana players into tip-top shape for the season ahead.
Relevo highlight as much as being nothing short of ‘an obsession’ on Flick’s part, with the German tactician ready to make use of new technology, coaching staff and training regimes to achieve his goals.
‘He considers it essential to be able to develop his football ideology and reach the decisive stage of the campaign with options to win titles,’ it is concluded.
Conor Laird | GSFN
