TA: Barca will be more cautious with injuries; finances may force change of membership ownership

Hupu, October 18th: The AthleticUK reporter team from Barcelona, ​​Spain, and Germany answered questions from Barcelona fans.

It is almost unprecedented for a team that had a full preseason to have nine players injured (including seven starters). In a previous article, the reasons were explained, but can you shed some light on what adjustments the coaching staff is looking to make?

How will the coaching staff handle this situation? Their approach will be similar to what they did before, but with more caution.

Barcelona coach Flick always requires players to be honest about their physical conditions and feelings. Given the current situation, the coaching staff is asking players to be more nuanced about any physical issues they may have, and any issues need to be reported.

Therefore, although the injury is not serious, Torres will still miss this weekend's game against Girona. Moreover, in the absence of Lewandowski and Flick has no other forwards available, he is still prepared to face the injury in the most conservative manner.

How surprised is the Barcelona management to lose Inigo Martinez? Do you regret that the club did not bring in substitute players in the summer, or are you confident in the remaining candidates?

This is completely unexpected. The 34-year-old Martinez told Flick on the plane returning from the pre-season tour in Japan and South Korea that he would join Riyadh Victory.

Flick has been counting on him to make season plans, so this is obviously a blow to him.

Flick already has a fixed center back partnership of Martinez and Pau Cubasi, and they work well together. Martinez also plays an important role in the locker room. In a team full of young players, he often played the role of captain without actually wearing the captain's armband.

Barcelona did not choose to sign any players this summer, which was indeed an unexpected move and was also related to financial issues.

Frick is trying, but no suitable partner has yet been determined. The standout player in Martinez's absence is Garcia. Christensen also performed well last season, and his performance this season is even more surprising - but they are missing Martinez.

Did Flick's high-pressing system partially lead to the players' injuries?

That's a good question, but I don't think it applies to just Frick.

In recent seasons, we have seen that a large part of Europe's most successful or most pleasing teams are characterized by high-intensity high-pressing and fast attacking football.

At the same time, more players may bring about a new problem: How difficult is it to manage a large lineup when the stars want to play in every game?

This will pose a threat to the harmony of the locker room. Head coaches like Manchester City coach Guardiola have publicly stated that managing so many players is simply a nightmare.

Do you think we can complete a transfer worth more than 50 million euros next year?

This depends on many factors. They need approval from the auditors to sell VIP seats at the refurbished Camp Nou stadium.

This operation has been put on hold, which is why they still have not returned to the 1:1 rule (La Liga teams are free to spend every euro of income), only in this way can they operate normally in the transfer market.

It also depends on whether they can pull off a big-money transfer, which would make things easier. Lewandowski is one of the players out of contract at the end of this season and any potential departure could help reduce Barca's wage burden.

Barcelona have also suffered a lot due to the delays at the Camp Nou, so we will have to wait a few summers before we see a big signing, especially considering the number of players they have to sell on the women's side, as it will affect the men's salary cap.

Real Madrid is considering changing its socio (Catalan for "member") ownership model, but will Barcelona consider a similar move? This makes a lot of sense for them given their current financial struggles, so having an additional source of funding would probably be what they would be most happy to see.

Barcelona executives insist that this was far from their plan. But there are also concerns within the club that the club's financial situation has reached a point where Barcelona will have to change its ownership model.

Like Real Madrid, Barcelona has been owned by its "members" ("members" in Catalan) throughout its 125-year history. The biggest obstacle to changing this model is how unpopular the move would be with fans. The club will need a lot of publicity to make members understand this is a logical move.

At Real Madrid, under president Florentino Perez, the board is more mature and stable enough to engage in such discussions - although there has been some backlash against the plans.

But in Barcelona, ​​with presidential elections coming up next year, I doubt that any candidate would be successful if they told club members that part of the club's shares might be sold.