{"id":64739,"date":"2026-08-02T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/64739\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:20:09","slug":"seen-better-in-training-already-hansi-flick-delivers-a-ruthless-verdict-on-karim-adeyemis-debut-for-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/64739\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Seen better in training already&#8221;: Hansi Flick delivers a ruthless verdict on Karim Adeyemi&#8217;s debut for Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-teaser\">Hansi Flick struck a critical note about the Germany international\u2019s performance after Karim Adeyemi\u2019s first appearance in a Barcelona shirt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has far more potential than he has shown. In training I have already seen a better Karim,&#8221; said the Catalans&#8217; head coach after his side&#8217;s 2-2 draw against Birmingham City, in which Adeyemi was on the pitch for the first 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>After arriving from Borussia Dortmund, the new signing showed flashes of his class against the English second-tier side. Overall, though, misplaced passes and weak finishing stood out more. He made way for the Swedish youngster Roony Bardghji at half-time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many things&#8221; from Adeyemi in the game were &#8220;not so good&#8221;, Flick explained. &#8220;But he is only in his first week of training, so that is normal. His pace and his finishing quality are good, he has a lot of potential. And I also think that he can give us a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barca had only officially announced the signing of the 24-year-old a few days ago. A reported base fee of 22 million euros plus up to seven million euros in bonus payments will go into Dortmund&#8217;s coffers in return. Adeyemi signed a contract with the Catalans until 2031.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"fco-image__image\" alt=\"Hansi Flick\"   loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"5004\" height=\"3336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1785680409_33_GettyImages-2277873327.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:5004 \/ 3336;width:100%;height:100%\"\/>Getty ImagesSpanish world champions not yet in action for Barcelona<\/p>\n<p>Against Birmingham, another debutant rather than the Germany international proved Barca&#8217;s matchwinner. Egyptian Hamza Abdelkarim, just 18 and signed from Al Ahly in June, scored twice.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s newly crowned world champions such as Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Pau Cubarsi were not yet in the squad. Missing too was national team goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who is on the verge of a loan move to Ajax Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, Barcelona and Adeyemi begin the new LaLiga season on 23 August, when the 29-time Spanish champions travel to Elche.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hansi Flick struck a critical note about the Germany international\u2019s performance after Karim Adeyemi\u2019s first appearance in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,23952,186,23899],"class_list":["post-64739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-club-friendlies","tag-h-flick","tag-k-adeyemi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64739","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=64739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}