Sports News | Barcelona Looks Set to Hire Hansi Flick as Coach After Official Departure of Xavi Hernandez
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Barcelona appears to be ready to announce the appointment of Hansi Flick as coach after officially confirming the departure of Xavi Hernandez on Wednesday.
Barcelona, May 29 (AP) Barcelona appears to be ready to announce the appointment of Hansi Flick as coach after officially confirming the departure of Xavi Hernandez on Wednesday.
The club said in a statement it had reached an agreement with Xavi “to sever the contract the coach and his staff had” until the end of the 2024-25 season.
Barcelona announced on Friday it would be changing coaches for next season.
Minutes later, Barcelona published a post on X, formerly Twitter, with the picture featuring a German flag.
It would be the 59-year-old Flick's first coaching job since being fired by Germany in September last year. He previously spent two years at Bayern Munich, winning the Champions League and back-to-back German league titles.
Hernandez, a midfield great as a player at Barcelona, has left after the team finished a distant second to Real Madrid in the Spanish league this season. (AP)
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