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Barcelona’s winners and losers as Hansi Flick replaces Xavi as boss

A tumultuous season on and off the pitch is finally over for Barcelona, and for a couple of months at least attention will turn to international tournaments.

For the first team players that will be heading off around the world, they do so in the knowledge that when they return, things will look a lot different about the place.

Xavi and his backroom team have been sent packing, and depending on what side of the fence you sit on, that’s either a long overdue decision or a knee-jerk reaction.

Regardless, Hansi Flick is now in charge and will likely spend much of his time looking over videos of the campaign as well as watching as many of the European Championship and Copa America games that will involve Barca players as possible.