{"id":63593,"date":"2026-07-31T09:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/63593\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:56:31","slug":"karim-adeyemi-not-afraid-of-lamine-yamal-as-new-barcelona-signing-aims-to-fight-for-spot-in-hansi-flicks-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/63593\/","title":{"rendered":"Karim Adeyemi &#8216;not afraid&#8217; of Lamine Yamal as new Barcelona signing aims to fight for spot in Hansi Flick&#8217;s attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adeyemi relish competition at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/barcelona-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Adeyemi has declared that he is ready to fight for his place in Flick&#8217;s starting lineup, insisting he feels no fear about competing with Yamal. Speaking to <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Adeyemi <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t fear any player&#8217;<img  width=\"640\" height=\"427\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">When asked if he was worried about battling superstar teenager Yamal for playing time on the wing, Adeyemi offered a direct and fearless response. The versatile attacker made it clear that his focus remains entirely on his own performances on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">&#8220;No. I&#8217;m not afraid of any player.&#8221; Adeyemi firmly stated during the interview. &#8220;I know that if I give my best, I&#8217;ll have a chance to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Flick&#8217;s easy pitch to seal the deal<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Adeyemi also revealed that Flick required zero persuasion to bring him to the Camp Nou. The pair built a strong professional relationship during their shared time with the German national team, making the transfer a seamless decision for the forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">&#8220;Convince is the wrong word,&#8221; he added. &#8220;He simply called me and asked if I wanted to come. I told him, of course, because it&#8217;s the biggest club in the world and these opportunities only come once. He didn&#8217;t have to convince me. I&#8217;ve trusted him for a long time, and I have a lot of respect for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">&#8220;I hope he sees things in me that I can contribute to the team on the pitch. He knows me very well from the national team, and we&#8217;re very close.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Preparing for Birmingham test<img  width=\"640\" height=\"427\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">Barcelona landed in the UK on Monday to begin an intensive pre-season camp at England&#8217;s regular training base in Burton upon Trent. Flick&#8217;s 30-man squad are ramping up their preparations ahead of their upcoming pre-season fixtures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-273d04fe=\"\">The Catalan giants will complete a double training session before facing Championship side Birmingham City in a friendly on Friday evening. Adeyemi will be eager to make his first impression in a Barca shirt as he sets his sights on earning a starting spot for the new campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adeyemi relish competition at Barcelona Adeyemi has declared that he is ready to fight for his place in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,22504,85,938],"class_list":["post-63593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-karim-adeyemi","tag-laliga","tag-lamine-yamal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}