Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has confirmed that homegrown midfielder Marc Casado remains to be a part of the membership’s plans, regardless of a latest choice for Frenkie de Jong and rumours of out of doors switch curiosity.
La Masia graduate Casado has loved a breakout season with the first-team, capitalising on an damage disaster earlier within the marketing campaign to cement himself and rack up 30 appearances to this point.
However whereas he initially benefitted from Gavi and De Jong each lacking the beginning of the season to complete recuperating from respective ACL and ankle accidents, Casado has seen the competitors for locations ramp up extra lately now that each are absolutely match and firing.
De Jong has began three of Barcelona’s 5 La Liga video games to this point in 2025 and changed Casado at half-time within the different two. Casado has been afforded solely two minutes within the final two video games.
There have been rumours of switch curiosity from Chelsea, who’ve continued to focus on younger expertise the world over as a part of their recruitment technique underneath BlueCo possession. However Flick appears happy with Casado and hasn’t intentionally dropped the Spain worldwide.
“He has not achieved something flawed. I’m additionally talking with him,” Flick defined.
“In the intervening time it’s like this as a result of Frenkie is doing rather well, he’s additionally producing a superb stage in ball possession and key moments. That is what we want and in the meanwhile it’s like this. Frenkie begins, however Casa can also be doing nicely.
“It is not a case of: when one performs, it’s one thing towards the opposite. Everybody has their job. We’re one crew, and when everybody performs, they must play nicely, it is a regular factor.”
Casado signed a brand new contract with Barcelona final June, earlier than he had made the everlasting bounce to first-team stage, that may run till 2028. That deal features a €100m (£83m) launch clause.
