Are Flick’s Barcelona as good as they look?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
10 games into the La Liga season it’s Barcelona who sit top, after a convincing 5-1 demolition of Sevilla on Sunday.
With Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to come, this week looks set to test Barca’s newfound resolve under Hansi Flick
So, are Barcelona back?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's La Liga writer Dermot Corrigan to discuss Flick's start to life in Barcelona as well as their financial position before Barcelona writer Pol Ballus drops in having been at the manager's media conference ahead of Wednesday night's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich.
Reading Barcelona’s accounts – and why a ‘€12m profit’ is actually a €91m loss
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: Dermot Corrigan and Pol Ballus
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 1:13.4 | Hello, I'm I'm Aikimueleri and welcome to the Athletic FC podcast. |
| 1:18.0 | Ten games into the La Liga season and it's Barcelona who sit top. |
| 1:22.9 | And this is Petrie! |
| 1:26.5 | Wonderful goal from Barcelona! |
| 1:28.3 | With buying Munich and Real Madrid to come, this week looks set to test Barser's new fan resolve under Hansi Flick. |
| 1:35.3 | So, are Barcelona back? |
| 1:43.3 | So I'm joined by our La Liga writer Dermot Corrigan, |
| 1:47.3 | and we're hoping to be joined by the Athletics, Barcelona writer, Paul Belouse, a little later as well. |
| 1:52.5 | Right, Dermat, let's get into this. |
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