Hansi Flick Pushes for Karim Adeyemi's Arrival at Barcelona

Hansi Flick wants the waiting to stop.

With Barcelona due back for pre-season on Monday, the new coach is pushing for Karim Adeyemi to be through the door, changed, and on the training pitch as quickly as the club’s negotiators can manage it.

The Catalan side have already jolted the market by moving for the Borussia Dortmund winger, a player who, by all accounts, is keen on swapping yellow and black for Blaugrana. The interest is not vague, not exploratory. It is targeted. Flick knows exactly what – and who – he wants.

According to Gerard Romero, Flick “hopes that Adeyemi will be with the group on Monday at the start of the Blaugrana preseason.” That line underlines the urgency. This is not a long-game pursuit; it is a sprint against the calendar.

Barcelona’s players are scheduled to report back next week, but it will be a fragmented reunion. A chunk of the squad remains either at World Cup 2026 or on a well-earned break after their involvement in the tournament. Flick’s first sessions will be short on big names and long on tactical groundwork. Dropping a new winger into that environment from day one would be a significant advantage.

The framework of the deal is already tilting in Barça’s favour. Adeyemi is reported to have agreed personal terms, removing one of the usual obstacles that can drag a transfer into late summer. The remaining hurdle is the hardest one: agreeing a fee with Dortmund.

That negotiation will be shaped by more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. Dortmund know they are dealing with a club under financial pressure but also with a coach who has made this player a priority. Barcelona, for their part, understand that Adeyemi’s willingness to join strengthens their hand, but only up to a point. The clock keeps ticking toward Monday.

Flick’s insistence on Adeyemi is rooted in familiarity. The two worked together with the German national team, and the coach has already seen at close quarters the winger’s pace, direct running and capacity to stretch a back line. For a Barcelona side searching for verticality and aggression in wide areas, the fit is obvious.

At 24, Adeyemi sits in that sweet spot between potential and proof. Old enough to handle the demands of a club like Barcelona, young enough to be moulded into Flick’s system over several seasons. It is no surprise the coach is eager to be reunited with him now, not in late August when the season is already underway and the tactical picture is fixed.

The plan is clear. Flick wants his new Barcelona to start taking shape from the first whistle of pre-season, not halfway through it. Whether Dortmund’s stance allows Adeyemi to be part of that opening chapter will be the first real test of how quickly this new era at Camp Nou can move from intention to execution.