As you probably know by now, Hansi Flick is the new manager of FC Barcelona, signing a two-year contract to take over from Xavi Hernández as first team head coach beginning next season. Much of the next few weeks will naturally concentrate on which signings sporting director Deco will make and, perhaps just as importantly, who will be sold as a new squad begins to be built in Flick’s image.
What won’t be discussed much, for the simple reason that we won’t get to see Flick’s Barça in action until the beginning of pre-season at the very end of July, is how his team will play.