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Hansi Flick might be on his way out of his current job as the manager of FC Barcelona. And the reason behind this ordeal likely is the teamâ€s star-youngster, Lamine Yamal.

Flick has been in the Barca job for over a year now. In his first season, he win the La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Supercopa de Espana. They even made it to the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League in the 2024-25 season.

The German manager himself was nominated for the Menâ€s Best Manager of the Year award at the Ballon dâ€Or 2025 ceremony.

In Hansi Flickâ€s time as the manager of the Blaugrana, several players proved themselves to be world class. But no one embodies this statement more than Lamine Yamal.

After impressing the football world in UEFA Euro 2024 at the age of 17, he emerged as one of the best players in the world. He even finished second in the Ballon dâ€Or race.

Hansi Flick Leaving Barca Because Of Yamal

Now a global football superstar, it seems that the now 18-year-old might be taking on another trait of being a massive football star, being the reason behind a manager leaving their club.

Barcelona have had a tumultuous start to the 2025-26 season. They are currently second on the La Liga table, barely ahead of teams like Villarreal and Atletico Madrid. Meanwhile, in the UCL, they stand 12th in the league table with two wins and a defeat in the matches. They have also suffered defeats to rivals Real Madrid and PSG already this season.

And from such an environment, it is natural for reports of displeasure and dissent to emerge. And one such story was reported by Spanish outlet ABC.

The report started that manager Hansi Flick had privately informed goods supporting staff that he has decided to step down from his current position as the Barcelona manager at the end of this season.

The manager reportedly admitted the reason behind this decision is his growing disillusion with the atmosphere within the squad. More than recent disappointing results, it is the declining professionalism and unity amidst his squad.

At the center of Flickâ€s dissatisfaction is Yamal, who has been in news for reasons other than fireball many times in the last year. Most recently, rather than travelling back with the team after a defeat in El Classico, the youngster flew to Milan. And while nursing a groin injury, Lamine filmed commercials

These incidents are just a drop in what had become a lake of behaviour that might be considered problematic.

And for a manager like Flick, who stresses on strict discipline and mental focus, things seem to have gone past just discipline, as all this might have been the reason behind Lamine Yamalâ€s recent drop in performance.

However, it must be noted that there is nothing concrete about this report as of now. While Hansi Flickâ€s displeasure might be clear as day, it is not known for certain whether he wants to leave Barcelona at the end of this season, especially seeing that he came into the club with a three-season plan.

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Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said Marcus Rashford can score even more goals after the English forward netted his sixth goal for the club in Sunday’s 3-1 LaLiga win over Elche.

Rashford scored Barça’s third goal, firing home to seal the win after Fermín López had picked him out.

“When you see the chances he has, one or two goals more will be good, also for him,” Flick said in a news conference when asked where the on loan Manchester United man can still improve.

“But we can be happy with him, of course. I am very happy with him.

“He can play on this level and I am happy he shows it, for the fans and for the club, and also for the teammates he is a very important player.”

Rashford, 28, now has 12 goal contributions in his 14 appearances for Barça, more than anyone else at the club this season.

However, he felt his decision making against Elche prevented him adding another goal or assist to those numbers.

Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring a goal for Barcelona against Elche. Getty Images

“I just try to do the right things on the pitch,” Rashford told reporters. “Even today, I could have had more assists or goals, sometimes the decision making to shoot or pass was wrong.

“But I am going to have days like this. The important thing is always the team and today we won. So I am happy for this.

“My focus is not so much on the output. If I am doing the right things, I know I will always be able to score and assist; my focus is with the team, to build relationships and feel comfortable.”

Barça had earlier raced into a two-goal lead against Elche through Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres before Rafa Mir pulled one back for the away side.

Yamal’s goal comes as he continues to manage a groin issue, with Flick reiterating once again it’s not a problem which is going to disappear overnight.

“His injury at the moment, he has to handle it and manage it,” the Barça manager explained.

“He’s doing really good. A lot of discipline, but he has to do this. Train, treatment, all these things he has to do, but he does it.

“It’s a good step for him forward. I cannot say it’s over. It’s about coming and going like this. He has to manage it.”

It was a vital win for Barça as they bounced back from last week’s defeat to Real Madrid to remain within five points of their Clásico rivals at the top the table.

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Flick liked some elements of his team’s performances but says improvements are still needed ahead of back to back away games this week against Club Brugge and Celta Vigo.

“I saw a lot of things we’re doing really good but I saw some things we make not so good,” he added.

“We have to improve in these situations. Today it was an opponent that really love to have the ball. It wasn’t easy.

“We wanted to press them in the beginning. We did it and scored very important goals. We created a lot of chances, but don’t make it so good to use these early chances.

“So we can improve a lot of things and we will do it. It’s the next step, three points more, more confidence and we go on.

“We now have two more matches before the [November international] break; we want to win them. First on Wednesday in the Champions League in Brugge. We want to win it.”

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Referee, Jesus Gil Manzano, shows a red card to Hansi Flick, Head Coach of FC Barcelona, during the LaLiga EA Sports match between FC Barcelona and Girona FC (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images) Substitute Ronald Araújo snatched Barcelona a 2-1 victory over Girona in stoppage time in La Liga on Saturday and ended a mini losing streak before the clasico at Real Madrid next week.The central defender made the move of a striker when he slid in front of his marker as they raced to the near post and skilfully redirected a low pass from Frenkie de Jong and ignited the home crowd.Araújo’s last-gasp goal came moments after Barcelona coach Hansi Flick was sent off with two quick yellow cards apparently for complaining that the referee had not added more than four minutes of injury time.The sending off means Flick won’t be on the sideline for the first clasico of the season.Before the international break, Barcelona lost to Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in the Champions League and was stunned at Sevilla 4-1 in La Liga.Pedri González gave Barcelona the lead with an exquisite goal in the 13th, sliding an angled ball back across the area and inside the near post without looking at the target.But Barcelona’s control collapsed after Axel Witsel equalized seven minutes later with an acrobatic bicycle kick to whip a loose high ball off the turf and past Wojciech Szczesny.Only Szczesny’s saves and some poor marksmanship by Girona kept the visitors from taking the lead before halftime after it was able to mount repeated counterattacks after Barcelona lost possession.Girona then needed goalie Paulo Gazzaniga to turn back shots by Fermín López and Marcus Rashord before Araújo´s clinched the result.With Barcelona missing strikers Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres and playmaker Dani Olmo to injury, Flick gave a La Liga debut to 17-year-old forward Toni Fernández. He was substituted for Fermín at halftime.Barcelona moved into the league lead with a one-point advantage over Madrid before it plays Getafe on Sunday.

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