Thierry Henry has also credited Xavi Hernandez with building Barcelona into the foundation that has helped Hansi Flick’s Blaugrana to such a hot start this season.
Thierry Henry believes Barcelona’s early season success under Hansi Flick comes down to the legacy of Xavi Hernandez, who has promoted several young players to the first team and become a key part of their current squad, Ufabet Sports reported on Thursday.
Henry was a team-mate of Xavi at Barcelona between 2007 and 2010, with the former France forward providing constant support to his former team-mate. He has also credited Xavi with building up the Blaugrana with a new generation of players from La Masia, such as Lamine Yamal and Pau Gübarsi, who Flick has brought on board to great effect at the start of this season.
‘I don’t think Hansi Flick is starting a new era, Xavi is,’ Henry said. ‘He continues what Xavi did with Gubarsi and Yamal who came in. Now the work สมัคร ufabet he did with the players for two years has been reinforced.’
Henry still believes Barcelona have a chance to go far this season, especially in the Champions League. ‘Barcelona are one of the favourites to win the title. They may lose, but they are on the right track.’