Hansi Flick Pushes for Karim Adeyemi Ahead of Barcelona's Pre-Season

With Barcelona due to report back for pre-season on Monday, the new coach is pushing hard for Karim Adeyemi to be through the door, changed, and on the training pitch from day one.

The Catalan club have already jolted the market by moving for the Borussia Dortmund winger, a player who, according to reports in Germany and Spain, is keen on swapping the Yellow Wall for Camp Nou. The interest is not vague, not exploratory. It is concrete enough that Adeyemi is said to have agreed personal terms with Barça, leaving only one obstacle in the way: a fee that satisfies Dortmund.

Flick hopes that Adeyemi will be with the group on Monday at the start of the Blaugrana preseason.

That is an ambitious timeline. It is also a revealing one.

Challenges Ahead

Flick’s first weeks in charge will be complicated. Barcelona’s squad will return in drips and drabs, many of the club’s biggest names still tied up with World Cup 2026 duties or on a delayed break after the tournament. The first sessions at the training ground will be more patchwork than polished.

That is precisely why Adeyemi has become a priority. Flick wants a core he can work with immediately, a group that can absorb his methods while the rest of the stars trickle back. Dropping a rapid, direct winger into that environment from day one gives him a weapon to start shaping the attack in his image.

There is another layer to this pursuit: familiarity. Flick and Adeyemi know each other well from their time together with the German national team. Flick has already seen the 24-year-old at close quarters, understands his strengths, his habits, his temperament. This is not a blind punt on potential; it is a coach actively seeking a player he trusts to execute his ideas.

The Equation for Barcelona

For Barcelona, the equation is simple but delicate. They have a willing player and a demanding coach. Dortmund, as ever, will not sell cheap. The next few days will test how badly the Catalans want Adeyemi in that first pre-season huddle.

If Flick gets his wish and Adeyemi walks into the dressing room on Monday, it will be the clearest early sign yet of how quickly this new Barça project intends to move.