Flick frustrated by Rashford registration delays
Hansi Flick has outlined his frustration at Barcelona's failure to register Marcus Rashford, who may not be available for its LaLiga opener at Mallorca on Sunday (AEST).
Barca begins the defence of its Spanish top-flight crown at Estadi Mallorca Son Moix, having also captured the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de Espana trophies last term.
Ahead of the new campaign, the Blaugrana have only made two signings, spending €25 million ($45 million) to prise goalkeeper Joan Garcia from Espanyol and completing a season-long loan deal for Manchester United forward Rashford.
Garcia has reportedly been registered after a back injury to Marc-Andre ter Stegen, after LaLiga granted the club permission to allocate the German's salary cap space to a replacement goalkeeper.
Rashford has still not been registered as Barca struggles to comply with LaLiga's salary cap rules, which also stopped Dani Olmo and Pau Victor from featuring for portions of last season.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Flick said: "You can imagine that I'm not happy about that, but I know the situation and I believe in the club.
"We have to wait until tomorrow. I think it was the same situation last season also.
"We just focus on what we can change, what we have in our hands and as for the other things, I believe in the club."
Flick also confirmed Garcia will take over from Wojciech Szczesny as the Blaugrana's number one, saying: "It was a decision from everyone at the club to sign Joan because he's the future of the club.
"From what I have seen in training, he's a really great goalkeeper. For me, Szczesny is the right person behind him because he has a lot of experience and also, he supports him a lot."
Barca beat Real Madrid to the title by four points last term and is favoured to retain its crown in 2025-2026.
"We started our mission last season, and we want to continue," Flick said.
"When you win three titles, it's not the end. I think we have the quality to be a better team, but it depends on the results."
Mallorca, meanwhile, finished 10th last season, only four points adrift of a European place.
