Hansi Flick's new agent meets with Barcelona chief Joan Laporta

Hansi Flick's new agent Pini Zahavi has met several times with Barcelona president Joan Laporta in recent days, and the German coach is the main candidate to take the place of Xavi Hernandez, who announced after the painful La Liga defeat against Villarreal that he will not continue in his position at the end of the season. The meetings between the Catalan manager and the Israeli representative have come to light thanks to a report in 'Mundo Deportivo'.
The Catalan newspaper reports that the meetings have been organised far from restaurants in Barcelona so that journalists do not take note of their talks, although, in any case, their existence has been leaked precisely in the news item that speaks of the discreet intention of these meetings. Their interlocutors are well known because the football agent is in charge of Robert Lewandowski's affairs and therefore had to negotiate with him in order to sign him from Bayern Munich.
The source mentioned in the first paragraph of this text does not specify whether the parties discussed the possible incorporation of the former 'Mannschaft' coach for the coming campaign for the Catalan side, but it is understood that it formed part of the topics of discussion. The coach, with experience at Bayern Munich and an extensive background in the German federation for his control of the new generation of German youngsters, is an obvious candidate for the 'Cules' dugout.
It has already emerged from his country's press that he is keen to return to the competitive game after the time he has spent on the sidelines after being sacked following a heavy defeat against Japan in a friendly match. However, that event was marred by fans' concerns that his own players may have been encouraging his departure by putting in too little effort against a Japan side that won emphatically.