Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said in a press conference before the game against Athletic Bilbao that he secretly hopes that new winger Dani Olmo will be register in time because there is still a little bit of financial balance left. As for the pressure on defender Andreas Christensen to move, he denied it.

Barca have manage to tighten their budgets by releasing Ilkay Gundogan and Vitor Roque, but are still short of signing new signing Olmo, who is value at €62m from RB Leipzig. 

This has led to speculation that Flick has told Christensen to accept offers from other clubs to join him on an absolute basis in order to lower the wage ceiling enough to register the Spanish winger, and possibly bring in one or two more low-paid reinforcements. 

Accused of being a heartless coach like that, the German boss was a little angry and said that he was not that kind of person. 

“It’s not my job to talk about registering players for competitions,” Flick said. 

“I like Olmo’s training. He’s ready to play. Hopefully he can play on Saturday.” 

“When I saw him in training, he was an amazing player. He survived under pressure, was dangerous in front of goal, and overall, he was impressive.” 

“It’s a positive thing for the club, so hopefully we can see him involved.”

“In Andreas’ case, why should I persuade him?”

“Actually, what we talked about was the perspective on the image we saw.” 

“He has some problems that have forced him to train alone. He is an incredible player, an incredible defender – he needs to be 100% fit because 80% is not enough for us.” 

Christensen was willing to play as a substitute during the pre – season tour. Playing as a central defender or as a number 6. UFABET but when the season started. He lost his position to 17- year-old Pau Gubarsi, leading to news of a move to Premier League side Newcastle.