Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has said he does not know if Lamine Yamal will be fit for the first El Clásico of the season. Recall that Barca will face Real Madrid later this month, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he cannot say for sure when Yamal will return from his injury, so everyone will have to wait and see what the future holds for the teenage forward.
Flick added that he does not regret calling the Spain coach out for not protecting Lamine enough at the national team level.
His words, “I spoke with him today, it’s better but it’s not good.
This is the situation with Lamine. With this injury, it’s not so easy to know [when he will return]. It’s not easy to say ‘OK he can play in two, three or four weeks…’ or if he’s able to play the Clásico. This is not possible.
We have to wait. We must manage his load. He trains with the recovery team and [spend] the next weeks with them. We go step by step. We have to see how the evolution is.
I want to protect my player, support him, this is what it is. A lot of things happened. This is, for me, done. I have no bad things about this situation.
I know it from the other side. It’s not easy for me. It’s not easy for [De la Fuente]. I must protect my player; this is the reason I made it a little louder than normally I want to do it. I don’t regret this.
“Now, the important thing is managing this together. The players, the clubs and the Spanish Federation [RFEF]. We have to manage it together.”
WOW.
Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto “Més que un club” (“More than a club”). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the third-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $5.51 billion, and the world’s fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €582.1 million.
The official Barcelona anthem is the “Cant del Barça”, written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona traditionally play in dark shades of blue and garnet stripes, hence nicknamed Blaugrana.
In March 2021, Lionel Messi overtook Xavi’s record of 767 games played for the club, and presently has made 778 official appearances in all competitions, while also holding the record for the most appearances in La Liga matches for Barcelona, with 520.
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