Barcelona coach Hansi Flick’s press conference ahead of the La Liga match against Valencia has sparked outrage among Catalan newspapers due to his “lack of truth” in his statements.
During the conference, Flick announced that Dani Olmo would not be participating in the Valencia match due to a lack of fitness, while he hoped that Pedri could participate for a short period in the second half after returning from injury.
Catalan newspapers have agreed that Flick is “lying” about the reason for Olmo’s absence against Valencia, and the truth is that his absence from the match against Los Che is due to purely administrative reasons.
So far, Barcelona’s management has not been able to register Olmo on the La Liga squad list due to Financial Fair Play rules, and this is the sole reason for the Spanish international’s absence from the Valencia match.
The newspapers pointed out the fact that Pedri has returned from injury and participated in only three training sessions and may participate against Valencia, while Olmo was not injured and underwent six preparatory sessions, which confirms that he is ready, at least to participate in one half of the match.
Thus, it has become clear that what Flick is doing is “covering up” for Barcelona’s management’s failure to register Olmo, in an attempt to maintain calm and stability in front of the media.
It is worth noting that Barcelona’s management, with great difficulty, managed to register Iñigo Martínez and Pablo Torre on the La Liga list, and their hope to register Olmo now is to sell Clément Lenglet to Atlético Madrid next week.
