Just hours after Thomas Tuchel and Bayern Munich’s agreement to part ways in the summer was made public, the Catalan media have described frontrunner for the Barcelona job Hansi Flick as ‘not a priority’. The former Bayern and Germany coach has been touted as one of the two main options for Barcelona, but that no longer appears to be the case.
Brighton coach Roberto de Zerbi and Flick have so far been reported as the two top candidates to replace Xavi Hernandez, with the caveat that the Italian would require Barcelona to pay a hefty release clause of €10-15m in order to get him out of his current deal.
Now Sport say that Barcelona are not considering Flick as a priority, and that agent Pini Zahavi, recently hired by Flick, will have to convince President Joan Laporta and Sporting Director Deco that he is the right man for the job.
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