Karim Adeyemi to Barcelona: Why Hansi Flick reunion could help former Borussia Dortmund winger unlock his potential

Perhaps Karim Adeyemi's move to Barcelona should not come as a surprise even if usurping Lamine Yamal as the team's star left-footed right-winger is impossible. After all, it was Hansi Flick, Barca’s head coach, who gave Adeyemi his debut for Germany.

The hope is that his old coach can spark something new in a player whose vast potential has been obvious for years but is yet to truly explode. This is an opportunity for Adeyemi to become the player that Flick and many others have long suspected he could be.

He was still a teenager with Red Bull Salzburg when Flick first picked him. But Adeyemi is only 24 now. If it feels like he has been around far longer it is because he had almost 100 games for Salzburg even before making the move to Borussia Dortmund in 2022.