If FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta has set his sights on Hansi Flick to succeed Xavi as coach, the Catalan leaders are also waiting to know if they can snatch Roberto De Zerbi from Brighton!
New twist in the soap opera of the future FC Barcelona coach. Two weeks after Xavi’s announcement of his departure at the end of the season, the leaders have already decided to hire Hansi Flick. President Joan Laporta wants to entrust the reins of his team to a German technician who has already won the Champions League and this is already the case of the Bayern coach in 2020.
The FCB, however, leaves itself a few weeks before ensuring the arrival of Flick (who has been contacted, who has learned Spanish and who is looking for assistants who speak German and Spanish at the same time). As indicated by a journalist from Marca and Radio Marca (Luis Rojo), Roberto De Zerbi would be the other lead of the FCB leaders.
From Zerbi, the revolution?
Hiring De Zerbi would be a real bolt from the blue. The 44-year-old Italian coach is a true strategist, a fan of modern football combining ball releases from the back and intense pressing when losing the ball. A particularly spectacular but demanding game. And the former Sassuolo coach will have to be convinced of having full sporting powers, he who refused Roma for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2022.
Deco, the sporting director of the Blaugranas, had precisely thought of his compatriot Sergio Conceiçao, a technician who has nevertheless been contested for several seasons at the head of FC Porto. But the club president therefore had the last word. Thiago Motta and Rafael Marquez were the first names given by the Catalan press, but they are no longer in the race.
