Sometimes the stars align in such a way that it’s almost impossible to ignore. As if fate has intervened, whether or not one believes in such coincidental happenings.
Thiago Alcantara had barely announced his retirement from playing before links were being made to connect him to Barca, a club he’d left back in 2013 to join Bayern Munich.
Though the majority of his time there was spent under the tutelage of Pep Guardiola, he did cross paths towards the end of his spell at the Allianz Arena with Hansi Flick.