Thiago Alcantara to leave club
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Former Liverpool man Thiago Alcantara looks set to be on the move once again according to reports. Image Credits: Imago ImagesFormer Liverpool man Thiago Alcantara looks set to be on the move once again.After hanging up his boots in 2024 following an injury-ravaged final chapter at Anfield, Thiago eased into coaching rather than diving straight into management.Barcelona gave him the perfect soft landing: a chance to learn under Hansi Flick, the same coach who guided him to Bayern’s 2020 treble, this time as part of the first‑team staff at the club where he first emerged as a prodigy.Initially, the role was framed as an opportunity “to train as a coach,” with Thiago spending weeks embedded in Flick’s setup, helping with tactical work and training sessions while soaking up the day-to-day of elite coaching life.By September 2025, that position had evolved into an official assistant-coach role.Now, though, that chapter is being closed.Spanish journalist Gerard Romero reports that Thiago has informed Barcelona he is leaving Flick’s staff to dedicate more time to personal matters, stepping away from the daily grind of the first-team environment:“Thiago Alcantara LEAVES Hansi Flick’s staff.
He is leaving to dedicate himself to personal matters, his Hospitalet will get more attention,” he wrote on X.While most eyes were on his return to Barcelona, Thiago took on a boardroom role at CE L’Hospitalet late last year, a historic Catalan club from his hometown that currently plays in Spain’s fifth tier, the Tercera Federación.The club is based in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, a city of more than 280,000 people on Barcelona’s doorstep, yet its team has spent almost all of its history in the lower divisions, with only brief spells in the second tier back in the 1960s.Thiago is not alone in the project: he shares the boardroom with former Barça and Spain teammate Jordi Alba, who has also stepped away from playing to invest his energy in trying to lift L’Hospitalet up the pyramid.According to Alba, he and Thiago are set to focus primarily on the sporting side, while other partners will handle the financial backing.Thiago Alcántara SE VA del staff de Hansi Flick. Sale él para dedicarse a cosas personales, su Hospitalet tendrá más atención@JijantesFC— Gerard Romero (@gerardromero) May 22, 2026 Thiago Alcantara