Flick's walking into a shitstorm. Barcelona's a mess, financially and on the pitch. Real Madrid is accumulating players; they have a loaded team. Barcelona is trying to save money and get by. It's a tough situation. I like Flick, he's a damn good manager, proved it with Bayern. Still, he is not a miracle worker. There will be no short cut to this. A rebuilding is involved, and it takes time
This season might be about stopping the bleeding, not winning trophies. Install some youthful talent, get the team playing some respectable football, and establish a foundation. Let's see what Flick can do. Both his balls and his intellect are there. He does, however, need time and board support. It'll be hard for Barcelona if they don't support him
On the field for Barcelona, not everything is so bad, and they are able to cope with the current problems. I don’t believe that there are hopeless situations, and for Flicк everything is not so bad, he has a very good team at his disposal, of course there is something to work on, but Xavi should not have said that Barcelona will not be able to compete with Real Madrid with the current squad, at least because it will undermine the players' confidence in their capabilities.