{"id":580,"date":"2026-03-09T20:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=580"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:11:25","slug":"flick-speaks-out-on-xavis-words-i-know-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=580","title":{"rendered":"Flick speaks out on Xavi&#8217;s words: &#8220;I know the truth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Hansi Flick<\/strong> This Monday he avoided entering into the electoral debate surrounding the club and assured that he will not make public comments on private issues related to the former Blaugrana coach. <strong>Xavi Hernandez<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>In the last hours, the media <em>The Vanguard <\/em>published a <strong>interview with the former cul\u00e9 coach<\/strong>in which he acknowledged having maintained contact with Hansi Flick. <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Xavi and I are colleagues and we have a good relationship.<\/strong> We have spoken many times, even before I arrived at Barcelona, \u200b\u200bbut there are things that are private,&#8221; said the German coach in the press conference prior to the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Newcastle at St James&#8217; Park. <\/p>\n<p>In this sense, Flick insisted that there are conversations between coaches that must be kept on a personal level. &#8220;When you talk to another coach or someone you trust<strong> there are things that are private<\/strong>. &#8220;I know the truth about many things, but I keep it to myself, I&#8217;m not going to comment on them publicly,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<h2 class=\"ladillo\">&#8220;Our focus has to be on the game&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>The Blaugrana coach stressed that his <strong>priority at the moment is exclusively sports<\/strong>in a week that he considers key for the team&#8217;s season. &#8220;We have a very important week because we want to go to the next round of the Champions League. <strong>Our focus has to be on the game.&#8221;<\/strong>he explained. <\/p>\n<p>Also asked about the <strong>electoral climate <\/strong>that the club experiences, Flick made it clear that it is not part of his scope of responsibility. <strong>&#8220;The political issues of the club are not my job. <\/strong>That&#8217;s up to the president. &#8220;I am focused on the team and what happens on the field,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<h2 class=\"ladillo\">The German did not want to assess a possible departure of Deco<\/h2>\n<p>On the other hand, the German coach wanted to highlight his relationship with the club&#8217;s sports director, Deco, with whom he claims to be in complete harmony since his arrival on the Blaugrana bench. <strong>&#8220;From day one I have had a very good relationship with Deco.<\/strong> &#8220;With him and Bojan we work very well together,&#8221; he said, without wanting to say publicly whether he would leave or not if Deco left the club. <\/p>\n<p>Flick also explained that, when he landed at the club, the joint work also focused on <strong>analyze young talent <\/strong>of Bar\u00e7a. &#8220;We not only analyze the first team, but also the La Mas\u00eda players. We have a very similar vision about young talent and the future of the team,&#8221; he commented. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, the coach reiterated his satisfaction with his time at the Catalan club. <strong>&#8220;I am very happy at Barcelona<\/strong>. I enjoy every day working with this team, with these players and with the staff. Here we are also building for the future of the club,&#8221; he concluded. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hansi Flick This Monday he avoided entering into the electoral debate surrounding the club and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}