Barcelona manager Hansi Flick addresses the exit of Ilkay Gundogan, the registration of Dani Olmo and Andreas Christensen

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick will go into his second game of the season, looking for his first home win as Blaugrana manager at Montjuic. Their opponent, Athletic Club, will not be an easy challenge, but most of the week has been dominated by the transfer.

Mainly Ilkay Gundogan, who completed a move to Manchester City just half an hour before Flick spoke. Gundogan made it clear that he was leaving the club to help their finances. Flick had said last Saturday that he felt Gundogan was staying after a conversation with him the previous week.

“Against Valencia I already had this question. He wanted to help us, but he changed his mind this week. It happens. I know him as a player and a person, and I can only say good things about him. He is a fantastic player and person “.

Meanwhile, part of the reason Gundogan was asked to leave Barcelona was to sign Dani Olmo, after his €55 million plus €7 million in variables signing from RB Leipzig. At the time of writing, Barcelona has not been able to resolve it.

“It's not my job to talk about signings. I really like (Olmo's) work, he's ready to play. I hope he's ready for tomorrow. He's a fantastic player. I see him in training, under pressure, in front of the goal, and it's absolutely fantastic. For the team, it's positive, so we hope we can see it.”

As finances bite hard at Barcelona, ​​Andreas Christensen has been touted as the next surprise exit from Barcelona. Flick was asked if he would have had a similar conversation with the Denmark international as he did with Gundogan earlier.

“Why should I talk to him? Obviously I talk to him. About what we see. He had some problems that forced him to train individually. He is a fantastic player, a fantastic defender. He must be 100% ak. At 80% we don't enough”