This is the good news of the last hours on the side of FC Barcelona. Hansi Flick has agreed to open up negotiations about an extension. The German coach is under contract until 2026 and his good work carried out this season convinced his management to continue the adventure, by rewarding his technician. Barça can still make a magnificent quadrupled since it is 4 points ahead of the Liga, already has a foot in the Champions League semi-final, is qualified for the King's Cup final against Real Madrid, and has already raised the Spanish Supercup by beating its best enemy.
On the principle, the former Bayern Munich coach is inclined to stay a few more months in Barcelona but not on any conditions either. Building on the legitimacy he is acquiring from his locker room, and his convincing results, he has some requirements. They are not financial but rather sporting orders. He wishes a series of conditions on which the club already works or even he has already fulfilled, such as extending the young executives that are Gavi, Pedri, Cubarsi, Balde and Araujo. There remains the case Lamine Yamal where the Blaugranas do not seem too concerned despite their economic difficulties.
Keep Jong and Garcia, protect Koundé and Raphinha
Flick wishes to continue the adventure with other elements of the workforce he would like to see, according to information from Sport. First there is Eric Garcia, under contract until 2026, and returned in the smell of holiness this season, after a loan on the side of Girona. Frenkie de Jong is part of this list, he who is also linked to the abutments for another year. These two elements gained weight as the exercise went while they occupied more secondary roles. The German also recommends protecting two essentials: Raphinha and Jules Koundé, respectively under contract until 2029 and 2030.
With Pedri, Brazilian and French are the most used players in the workforce. Finally, the latest Flick request, he wants the Barça management to be stable in the years to come. The current works well with Deco, the sports director who brought him, but also with Bojan. Only the elections for the presidency of the club in 2026 could shake things up a bit, but Flick believes that he is a man of consensus. In the more distant future, that is to say on the horizon of the end of the 2026 season, he would like to tackle two essential sites in his eyes: the goalkeeper posts and number 9. But for that too, everything is clear with Deco.
