As: Frick will formulate a preseason plan after returning to the team, especially to solve the redundancy of goalkeepers

According to the Spanish media "As", Frick will formulate a preseason plan after returning to the team, especially to solve the problem of goalkeeper redundancy.

Frick will end his holiday on Formentera this Thursday. He plans to meet with his team members early in the morning. This is a preliminary contact to plan the preseason, but more importantly, it is to deal with to-do matters, among which the goalkeeper's position has priority. Currently, there are four goalkeepers in the first team, which is obviously "overcrowded". Including Joan Garcia, who signed this summer, Szczesny, who renewed his contract until 2027, and Ter Stegen and Penia, the latter two were allowed to leave the team in principle.

Flick is expected to speak to players who are not in the plan to inform them of this. The situation in Pena is not a big problem, and the player has first expressed his willingness to leave if he cannot get playing time in the first team. Ter Stegen's solution is even more tricky, with the player publicly saying that he intends to fulfill his contract until 2028, so the situation may be deadlocked for all parties. At present, Ter Stegen's position is unswerving, and it depends on whether Flick can convince Ter Stegen to leave the club, or the conditions required by Ter Stegen to leave the team.

But all of this will not be done until Sunday, July 13, with the exception of individual players, such as Bernal (who is in the final recovery stage of a cruciate ligament injury), Joan Garcia (who returns to the team a few days early to adapt to the pace of the new team's work as soon as possible) and Araujo (who visited Sports City this Wednesday, which has recently attracted much attention in Barcelona because his severance fee has dropped to 60 million euros).

Other things Frick has to deal with in the coming days include strengthening the front line, especially after Nico Williams' transfer failed and whether the club should place a heavy bet to bring in Louis Dias. In fact, it is expected that just this week, Frick will meet with Deco to get a direct look at the progress of signings and departure negotiations. With several new faces coming, such as Badge (who will play preseason with the first team), and Pablo Torre's most likely absence (he will be transferring to Mallorca soon).

It should be noted that despite the holidays, Frick was also very active during the holidays, and he held several meetings with members of the Sports Commission, such as on June 18, when Deko, Boyan and Echevaria went to Ibiza to meet Frick to inform him of the progress of all transfer operations. However, nearly a month later, only Fati's transfer to Monaco and a few other operations were finalized.