An insight into the plans of incoming Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick for defensive sensation Pau Cubarsí has today been forthcoming online.
And, unsurprisingly, it points towards the Spaniard being set to play a pivotal role under the watch of his new manager.
Cubarsí, for his part, is fresh off nothing short of an explosion onto the world football stage over the course of this past season.
Still just 17, the stopper established himself as an undisputed starter at the heart of Barcelona’s backline, owing to a remarkable combination of defensive prowess, ability on the ball, and the composure of a player much his senior.
As much, however, came under the watch of the since-departed Xavi…
Where, then, does Cubarsí fit into the plans of the man to have been unveiled as Xavi’s successor?
As per a report from German football insider Florian Plettenberg, front and centre.
Hansi Flick, it is understood, is a firm believer in the talents of his defensive prodigy, ready to afford him a leading role for the season ahead as a result.
Cubarsí figures as a protagonist in Flick’s Barca project in the short and long-term alike, news which will no doubt come as music to the ears of all of a Blaugrana persuasion.
Conor Laird | GSFN
