Dialogue to finalize the future with Marc-Andre ter Stegen
Last season, Ter Stegen was almost completely absent due to injury. Barca lacked a goalkeeper to the point of having to sign a contract with retired goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. After that, the Polish star played well, contributing to the home team at Camp Nou winning the domestic treble.
Next, the Camp Nou team recruited Joan Garcia from Espanyol. Therefore, there are more and more rumors that Ter Stegen will leave Barca. However, the German goalkeeper was determined to stay. His contract with Blaugrana runs until 2028. When recruiting Garcia, Hansi Flick intended not to need Ter Stegen anymore. However, when the compatriot goalkeeper wanted to stay, Flick could not help but handle this.
Barca will return to training on Monday to prepare for the new season. Flick and Ter Stegen will have a conversation to clearly determine their direction in the near future. Ter Stegen's salary is among the highest at Camp Nou, so the team's leadership is eager to liquidate early to free up more salary funds.
End the story of Luis Diaz or Marcus Rashford
After missing Nico Williams, Barca still need a left winger to increase the depth of the attack. In recent transfer rumors, Rashford and Diaz are considered the closest to Camp Nou.
Luis Diaz is highly regarded but Liverpool are uncertain to release him, especially after Diogo Jota's sudden passing. Barca had offered Diaz to Liverpool but were rejected in early June.
Meanwhile, Rashford has been returned to Man United by Aston Villa and is looking to leave as he is no longer in Ruben Amorim's plans. Rashy is willing to reduce his salary to suit Barca's ability. However, the English striker's salary at Man United is over £300,000/week, while the number Barca suffer is only about a third of that.
If Rashford comes to Camp Nou, he will only be a backup option for Raphinha. Therefore, Barca will not spend big on this deal. Whether Rashford can go to Camp Nou or not depends entirely on how far he goes to the water for Barca to agree.
Early criticization of players no longer in the plan
After Ronald Araujo decided to stay, Hansi Flick needs to urgently liquidate Andreas Christensen. The former Chelsea star is no longer in the club's plans and at the age of 29, he is no longer too influential at Camp Nou.
Pau Victor is also expected to leave without being able to compete for a starting position with rising stars such as Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski.
Some young talents who are rumored to be leaving such as Marc Casada and Marc Bernal are expected to stay because they are products of La Masia and will be the upcoming future of the team.
Creating opportunities for young stars of La Masia
During his reign, Hansi Flick has seen how the La Masia talents have clearly played their pioneering roles, especially Lamine Yamal and Pedri. Not only these two stars, La Masia has many young stars who are pillars of the club. In the context of Barca's financial difficulties, having such a good internal resource is an invaluable treasure for Flick.
Some of the rising names at La Masia are Jofre Torrents (left-back, 18 years old), Toni Fernandez (forwards, 17 years old) and Guille Fernandez ( midfielder, 17 years old). Not only that, Barca can also sign Roony Bardghji for 2 million Euros (17 years old, from Copenhagen) to increase the young force.
It would not be surprising if in the next season, Hansi Flick will debut many more young stars in the first team to be able to compete at the same time in 4 arenas.
