{"id":2455,"date":"2026-08-20T14:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:18:47","slug":"flick-sets-deco-transfer-homework-we-are-looking-for-a-number-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/flick-sets-deco-transfer-homework-we-are-looking-for-a-number-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Flick sets Deco transfer homework: &#8216;We are looking for a number nine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-26.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-26-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-26-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has backed sporting director Deco to land a new centre-forward before the summer window closes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are looking for this player (a number nine). Deco has done a fantastic job, and I have absolute confidence in him,&#8221; the German coach told &#8216;3Cat&#8217; following FC Barcelona&#8217;s 2-1 Joan Gamper Trophy victory over Egyptian side Al-Ahly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning his attention to Sunday&#8217;s LaLiga opener against Elche, Flick admitted that this pre-season &#8220;has not been easy&#8221;, with World Cup commitments preventing him from having his full squad available from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Several players only arrived a week ago, so we have used these pre-season matches to manage minutes,&#8221; the German boss noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the challenges, Flick insisted he possesses &#8220;a fantastic squad&#8221; to tackle &#8220;difficult&#8221; fixtures such as Sunday&#8217;s clash with Elche. &#8220;The vibes are good,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has backed sporting director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/2457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}