Lamine Yamal left out at Barcelona, Flick takes aim at Spain national team | OneFootball

The increasingly tight schedules in the world have done nothing but increase the existing tensions between clubs and national teams regarding the availability of football players. In Barcelona, as already happened between PSG and France with Ousmane Dembélé, Hansi Flick did not hide his annoyance this Saturday for having to rule out Lamine Yamal from Sunday's match against Valencia.

In a press conference, the coach confirmed the absence of the young talent and pointed at Luis De La Fuente, the Spanish coach, for ignoring a recommendation made by the club when releasing the player for the last FIFA Date.

"Lamine will not be available. It's a shame. He went to the national team with pain and was given painkillers to play. He played 79 and 73 minutes without training between both matches. That is not taking care of the players. Spain has the best players in every position. It would be worth taking care of the young players. I am sad about the situation," he expressed without hesitation.

Flick also referred to the scarce communication he has with De La Fuente, even when Barcelona releases a large number of players to the Spanish national team. "I have never spoken. I had a conversation by message. I hardly speak Spanish, he doesn't speak English. Communication could improve. I have also been in this situation, in a national team, before the relationships were always good," he explained.

Regarding the injury that left Lamine Yamal out of the match against Valencia and also puts his presence in doubt for the Champions League debut, he added: "I don't know how we can explain it. It's some minor discomfort in the groin, he will be doubtful for Newcastle. The back issue is not true."

Without the young talent, Barcelona will host Valencia this Sunday from 16:00, Argentina time, for the fourth round of LaLiga. After the draw in the last match against Villarreal, the team needs to return to victory to not start losing ground to their classic rival, Real Madrid, who have accumulated a perfect score in their first three appearances.

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