{"id":571599,"date":"2026-08-02T10:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T10:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/571599\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T10:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T10:19:16","slug":"not-that-good-hansi-flick-slams-karim-adeyemis-barcelona-debut-but-insists-german-star-can-still-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/571599\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Not that good&#8221; &#8211; Hansi Flick slams Karim Adeyemi&#8217;s Barcelona debut but insists German star can still improve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:start\">Flick did not mince his words following Barcelona&#8217;s opening pre-season friendly against Birmingham City, where the Catalan giants played out a 2-2 draw before losing 3-2 on penalties. The spotlight was firmly fixed on Adeyemi, but the new arrival failed to sparkle, appearing lost on the flanks and losing possession in a sequence that directly led to an opposition goal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">Speaking to the media after the final whistle at St. Andrew&#8217;s, Flick offered a critical view of his compatriot&#8217;s display. &#8220;Karim, some things he did were not that good,&#8221; the German tactician said. &#8220;I think he has more potential to show, but he is still in the first week of training so that&#8217;s normal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen a better Karim in training with his speed and finishing, but he has a lot of potential and can give us a lot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flick did not mince his words following Barcelona&#8217;s opening pre-season friendly against Birmingham City, where the Catalan giants&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1998,83965,258439,252528,130985,85,46,200685,18617,105],"class_list":["post-571599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-barcelona","tag-birmingham-city","tag-birmingham-city-vs-barcelona","tag-club-friendlies","tag-h-flick","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-k-adeyemi","tag-laliga","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}