Tension is developing on an increasing line between Barcelona's head coach Hans-Dieter Flick and midfielder Lamin Yamal.
Idman.biz reports with reference to Cadena SER that the German expert wanted to punish the 18-year-old football player for being late for the team's training session and decided to exclude him from the squad for the Champions League game against PSG. However, this decision of the head coach was cancelled after the intervention of sports director Deco.
According to the source, Hans Flick is known for his principled position and has previously excluded Jules Kunde, Rafinha and Inyaki Penya from the games for similar disciplinary violations.
This time the matter was resolved without punishment, and Yamal started the match against PSG and spent the entire game on the field. However, this incident has questioned the head coach's authority and caused internal disagreements in the team.
The club management is concerned about Yamal's behavior off the field. In their opinion, the football player's lifestyle and attitude to discipline in recent months are worrying. However, the midfielder's talent has made him one of the central figures of Barcelona's sports project. The football player's contract is valid until 2031, and he has already scored two goals and provided four assists in the first games of the season.
The club management will try to maintain a balance between Flick's authority and Yamal's status and to ease the conflict. How this situation is resolved will affect not only the atmosphere in the team's dressing room, but also Barcelona's stability in the crucial stage of the season.