After his retirement, the international press began to rumor that Thiago Alcántara, Rafinha’s brother and Mazinho’s son, could start a new stage in football by moving to the coaching staff.
Allegedly, Hansi Flick, the new coach of FC Barcelona, contacted him once he knew of his retirement decision to offer him a position on his coaching staff.
The German values his ability to speak various languages, mainly German, Spanish and English; and his knowledge of the game and his schemes after having coached him at Bayern Munich and, according to these sources, he would have offered him to act as an interpreter, but other sources claim that his work would go much further than just that.
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The fact is that, except for some information from journalists close to Barça, the club has not officially announced the signing of the former player. Considering that he is a player trained in their youth academy, one could think that the Catalan club would announce his return with great fanfare, but such an announcement has not yet been made.
After the announcement of his retirement, Barça sent him an emotional message. This, again, leads one to think that the club would announce his arrival with a welcome statement.
Despite the absence of an official announcement, the fans of FC Barcelona captured a fleeting and unknown figure in one of the videos published by the Culé squad in relation to the start of their training under Flick’s orders.
In a short video showing several first-team and youth team players leaving the training field, Barça fans captured what appears to be Thiago Alcántara dressed in the coaching staff’s attire.
This leads to the following question: If Barça signed Thiago Alcántara, why have they not yet announced his arrival on Flick’s coaching staff?
According to the Catalan press, Hansi Flick would have asked the club for strict secrecy about what is done and happens in his training sessions. Therefore, the club could have delayed the announcement until they had the German strategist’s approval.
The media Jijantes recently captured the former player entering Barça’s sports city, which could definitively confirm Thiago’s presence in Hansi Flick’s dynamics.
