Barcelona Appoints Hansi Flick as New Manager on Two-Year Contract

Barcelona has appointed former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick as their new manager on a two-year contract. Flick, who was sacked by Germany in September 2023, takes over from Xavi, who was dismissed last week.

Flick's tenure with Germany came after a successful period at Bayern Munich, where he guided the team to a historic treble in 2020, winning the Bundesliga, the German Cup, and the Champions League. Barcelona forward Robert Lewandowski, 35, played under Flick at Bayern for two seasons.

"It's a big honour, a dream for me to sign my contract here," Flick said on Wednesday. "We won some titles with Bayern Munich and my hunger is really big for titles. I would like to stay on this path with Barcelona and I think we can achieve a lot together and this is an important thing. The philosophy they have is similar to mine, lots of possession and really attacking football and these other things I love."

Departing manager Xavi, who was sacked a month after the club had confirmed he would stay, commented that his successor will "suffer" in the role. Xavi led Barcelona to La Liga and Spanish Super Cup glory in his first full season in charge, but this season the Catalan giants finished 10 points behind La Liga champions Real Madrid.

In a statement on Wednesday, Barcelona said it had "chosen a man well known for his teams' high pressing, intense and daring style of play which has brought him great success at club level and international level, winning pretty much all there is to win in the world of football."

Flick has been out of work since he was sacked by Germany eight months ago.

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