Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has all but ruled out a move for a midfielder this summer, despite Oriol Romeu's exit at the weekend. Flick he used youngsters Marc Casado and Marc Bernal to anchor his midfield for most of the preseason tour.
The new Blaugrana coach has been consistent in challenging his team to press higher and more aggressively, and this was the main criticism from their 2-2 draw with AC Milan again.
“When everyone presses with intensity, this is the way. Sometimes we have to be braver because it is necessary. After the break we improved, we changed. It was fantastic how we pressed, the whole team was intense. This is what we want . In the second half we had many opportunities and they had problems.”
Overall, he was rather pleased with the impact of his pre-season tour, however, after meetings with Manchester City, Real Madrid and Milan.
“I want us to like to defend and also to attack together. There are 10 days left for the first of the league, we are going in the right direction, but we can improve a lot”, he remarked. Sport.
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“The balance of the tour was very positive. We had many young players, their quality is huge. Some players have improved during these days. They adapt to what we want to see.”
He was also asked about the location of the midfield. Before the summer it was considered a priority option, but Flick seems to have decided that this is not the case.
“We have many injured midfielders with great quality. When they return, we will be a better team and I think I have enough players here.”
Since Sergio Busquets left the club, only Romeo was brought in to replace him, and he has been back in Girona ever since. Has been BarcelonaThe biggest problem from last season, but clearly Flick believes he can coach around, or maybe that Casado or Bernal can make the step. Frenkie de Jong, Ilkay Gundogan and Sergi Roberto looked shaky throughout last season when asked to be the deeper midfielder.
