Thiago Alcantara He announced this Monday his retirement as a professional soccer player. Although he wanted to continue as an active footballer, the physical problems that he has been experiencing lately have caused him to hang up your boots early. One of the options that has been presented to him in recent hours is to join the Barcelona technical staff.
The former Barça player, He is a good friend of Hansi Flick with whom he coincided at Bayern a few years ago. The new coach would like to have him by his side in this new stage that begins with the Barça team, but the situation is complex and it will not be easy. Thiago wants to take a period of reflection to know what to do in the future. He values the proposal that Flick has made to him very positively, but he is not sure about accepting it.
Thiago Alcántara announces his retirement
The former player is willing to collaborate with him at some specific moment, but not to fully enter the Barcelona staff. When it was announced hiring of Flick by Barcelona There was already talk of the possibility of Thiago coming with him. However, at that time he was still thinking about staying active for another year. This happened a month ago.
Now, with his withdrawal, the issue has been reopened. Flick had a conversation with Thiago in which he offered him the possibility of entering as a link between him and the squad, the former footballer is fluent in German and Spanish, but the eldest Alcantara wants to think about it. At the moment, it does not seem that he is going to enter except for some specific collaboration.
