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Barcelona has officially appointed Hansi Flick as their new head coach, succeeding Xavi after the club decided to part ways with the former captain at the end of the season.
“FC Barcelona and Hansi Flick have reached an agreement for the German to become men’s first team football coach until 30 June 2026,” announced the club in a statement. The new coach signed his contract at the club’s offices, accompanied by FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta.
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Hansi Flick, who led Bayern Munich to a historic sextuple in 2020, became the first coach ever to be sacked by the German national team in September 2023 after a series of poor results. The 59-year-old occasionally watched Barca matches this season from the presidential box and was linked with the job after Xavi announced in January he would leave at the end of the campaign.
Although Barca and Xavi initially decided he would stay for the next season, Laporta changed his mind and sacked Xavi last week. After winning his final match in charge against Sevilla in La Liga, Xavi warned his successor, “It won’t be easy at all — they will suffer and they will need patience because it’s a really difficult job. The only thing that can save them is winning, whether they have been part of the club or not.”
Barca finished second in La Liga this season and were knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals by Paris Saint-Germain. Spanish media reported that Laporta was upset by Xavi’s comments earlier in May when he highlighted the economic challenges Barca faced in competing against Real Madrid and other European elite teams.
