Former Liverpool player Thiago Alcantara has to take on a coaching role in Barcelona, with manager Hansi Flick reportedly ‘greatly appreciates’ his contribution last summer.
After his retirement when playing, Thiago spent the summer of 2024 coaching in Barcelona, which contributed to the preseason of the Catalan club before they started winning the competition.
He is now ready to return there in a permanent position, ChainAdria Albets first report the news and then Fabrizio Romano add That he could be in place “from next week if everything goes to plan.”
Albets explained that the appointment is coming after Flick greatly appreciated his contribution during the pre-season of 2024 ‘.
It is a movement that has been on the cards for a while, with Thiago from a job and returns to Merseyside after his summer in Barcelona.
Spend against All red video Last September the Spaniard said: “Well, in the end I got the chance to get back into football, helping the Barcelona coaching staff.
“I decided for the practical part, not for the theory, only because of the experience I had done in football all those years and the kind of role that I had in the team.
“I just want to pass it on to other players. I also like to help new players, young players to develop under the coach. It was pretty good mood.”
Thiago was a product of Barca’s famous La Masia Academy and came to the Flamengo club at the age of 14.
As an incredibly talented technician in midfield, Thiago made his Barcelona B debut at the age of 17, before he played his first game for the senior side less than a year later under Pep Guardiola.
He would play 100 games for Barcelona, but his career would demonstrably peak in Bayern Munich, where he played an important role in seven Bundesliga successes and four German cup wins, as well as a crucial role in their 2020 Champions League triumph.
After seven years in Germany, again together with coach Guardiola, Liverpool took off a coup to sign Thiago for £ 20 million in 2020.
As we all know, injuries injured his time in Anfield, but when the number 6 stepped on the field, he was a genuine joy to look at.
With beauty matched by bite, his grace on the ball was not only aesthetic; He was also penetrative and a large driving force behind Liverpool who pushed a four -fold in 2022.
His incredible consciousness and football information should be useful to him to be able to analyze the game, and learn from Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp, among others, his coaching education cannot have done any damage!
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