First official day on the job for Thiago Alcántara as a member of the coaching staff. The former blaugrana player started work on the grass today as a member of the first team coaching staff as an assistant coach to Hansi Flick. His role will involve helping with tactical aspects and preparing training sessions, among other things, bringing his experience and vision of the game to enrich the squad's day to day work.

 

Regarding the squad, some internationals of course returned on Tuesday, and they have now been joined by the remainder, namely Rashford, Kounde, Raphinha, Christensen, Ronald Araujo and Roony Bardghji. The Brazilian and the Uruguayan were the last to arrive and had a specific recovery session before joining in the with group. The usual development side players Dro, Toni and Jofre were involved, while Frenkie, Balde and Gavi trained separately, with the Dutchman doing some of the session on the grass as he looks to get back up to speed.

With the squad now complete, the team can continue working for the upcoming Valencia game on Sunday, the first home game this season. Flick will still have two more sessions – Friday and Saturday – to put the finishing touches to the tactical play to use against a refreshed opponent in a tough game. The aim on Sunday is to get back to winning ways in front of the fans after the draw at the Vallecas stadium last time out.

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