Hansi Flick has confirmed that Barcelona won’t have Lamine Yamal obtainable for Sunday’s match in opposition to Valencia – and his availability for the Champions League opener in opposition to Newcastle United can also be in query.
on Saturday, and afterwards, Flick confirmed in his press convention that he won’t be concerned in opposition to Valencia. As per , he additionally revealed that the 18-year-old performed with the damage whereas with Spain through the worldwide break, which has made him very sad.
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“Lamine Yamal won’t be obtainable, he has discomfort in his pubis. He’s additionally a doubt for Newcastle. He went to the nationwide group with ache and didn’t prepare. They gave him painkillers to play. That they had at the very least a three-goal lead in every match, and he performed 73 and 79 minutes, and between matches, he couldn’t prepare.
“That’s not taking good care of the participant. I believe the Spanish nationwide group has an awesome group, the very best gamers on the planet, however they haven’t cared about their gamers. I’m very unhappy about this.”
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Flick opened up on Luis de la Fuente talks – or lack thereof
Flick was requested about whether or not he had spoken with Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente on the matter, as he famous that the pair has had hassle speaking.
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“I’ve by no means spoken to him – now we have messaged by way of textual content, however I’ve by no means spoken to him. My Spanish is just not superb, neither is his English, however on the finish of the day the communication might be higher, we don’t simply have one participant, now we have extra. I used to be on the opposite facet and the communication was at all times good.”
On the match in opposition to Valencia itself, Flick spoke extremely of his opposition quantity forward of the showdown on the Estadi Johan Cruyff.
“Carlos Corberán has finished a unbelievable job. He has stabilised the group, and this 12 months they’ve attention-grabbing new gamers.”