Hansi Flick drops Ter Stegen-Joan García jersey number hint | OneFootball

Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick has moved to play down the significance of the jersey number made use of by Joan García in the club’s meeting with Vissel Kobe.

Barcelona of course kicked their pre-season fixture list into gear on Sunday, in a friendly meeting with Vissel in the city of Kobe.

Summer signing Joan was for his part in from the off in the clash, his debut in Blaugrana colours.

Not only that, but the 24-year-old took to the pitch donning Barca’s no.1 jersey.

This squad number was held by Marc-André ter Stegen this past season, with no official confirmation as of yet having been forthcoming that the German has been stripped of as much.

Upon Joan being spotted making use of the ‘1’ yesterday, though, chatter surrounding a change of the guard between the posts in Hansi Flick’s squad quickly spread.

Speaking to the media post-match, Flick was therefore questioned on whether or not Joan has indeed taken Ter Stegen’s shirt number.

The German, however, was quick to assure that:

“Numbers worn in pre-season are only for pre-season.”

Conor Laird – GSFN