{"id":551989,"date":"2026-03-21T21:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/551989\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:58:12","slug":"hansi-flick-optimistic-about-barcelona-players-ahead-of-international-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/551989\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansi Flick optimistic about Barcelona players ahead of international break"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many teams around the world see this next week as a problem in their schedules because their most important players are leaving to represent their countries. Barcelona<\/a> has plenty of talent in that situation, but Hansi Flick<\/a> does not see it as an issue for them.<\/p>\n

Flick said: \u201cWe\u2019ll train and give some rest to the players who stay, as always. I don\u2019t think about what may happen to the international players, I don\u2019t think about potential injuries. There\u2019s a World Cup and everybody wants to play. It\u2019s going to be good for them to disconnect from this routine and come back with more energy. It\u2019s positive for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barcelona have most of their regular starters traveling around the world to represent their countries. Before that happens, though, they have an important match against Rayo Vallecano on Sunday to keep Real Madrid<\/a> behind them in La Liga.<\/p>\n

Flick on Rashford, Cancelo and Mart\u00edn\u2019s continuities <\/p>\n

Three talking points for the summer in Barcelona involve current players who may leave the club. The main topic is Marcus Rashford<\/a>, with the English forward\u2019s dip in form making the purchase clause seem too high for the Spanish club.<\/p>\n

\"\" Rashford must improve his recent form to stay in Barcelona (Fran Santiago\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n

Rashford arrived at Barcelona on loan from Manchester United<\/a>, with \u20ac30 million as the price to make the move permanent. There have been reports of talks between the clubs about the fee, but the forward will need to improve if he wants to stay with Flick\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

About Rashford, Jo\u00e3o Cancelo and Gerard Mart\u00edn, the manager said: \u201cWe need everybody until the end and then we\u2019ll see. There\u2019s a World Cup. I believe in my players. Cancelo, Rashford and Mart\u00edn give us quality. We\u2019ll talk at the end and we\u2019ll see what happens. Now is not the time to say, \u2018I want this one, I don\u2019t want this one.\u2019 Anything can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flick on the number 9 <\/p>\n

One spot in the lineup that could change in the future is the number 9 position. With Robert Lewandowski<\/a> nearing the end of his contract and Ferr\u00e1n Torres not performing at the same level as his teammate, the question about the Spanish forward has come up.<\/p>\n

Flick backed the younger player after being asked by the media: \u201cThe important thing is to be dynamic, to be active. Ferran was good in the training session. I see him with confidence. He\u2019s making the effort to get back to his best level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many teams around the world see this next week as a problem in their schedules because their most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[1205,49,48,39260,10551,2678,561,82],"class_list":["post-551989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-hansi-flick","tag-la-liga","tag-marcus-rashford","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}