Frick: I believe Araujo will stay in the team. Deco knows where we need to strengthen

May 24th at 3:00 am on May 26, in the 38th round of the 2024-25 La Liga, Barcelona will play away against Athletic Bilbao at San Mames Stadium. Before the game, Barcelona coach Frick attended the press conference and talked about some of the current situation of the team.

About the match at San Mames Stadium

- We are very focused on this game, and it is great to have a 3-day holiday. After getting back together, we did self-tests, collected data, and trained well, and we wanted to prove how good we could be.

Regarding Yamal's contract extension - I trust him completely, he knows that. He loves playing for Barcelona.

About goalkeepers

- The most important thing is to keep those most critical players behind and provide them with a stable future. I trust Deco, and he knows where we need to strengthen. I was very happy with everything, we communicated frequently and had a consistent idea.

About Lamacia Youth Training

-We must focus and take it seriously. In the past, Barcelona always combined their own youth players well with outside players, and that's what we are now and I love working with them all. The players in Lamacia are excellent and very hard-working, we will give them opportunities, and they deserve them. I'm looking forward to seeing if they can join the first team in the preseason next season. The performances of the two young men (Juan Hernandez and Pedro Rodriguez trained with the team today) are impressive.

About Araujo's future

—Of course, 100% I believe he will stay here. He has had difficulties with injuries this season, but he has returned. Kubasi and Inigo performed well and it was not easy to integrate into the team, but I am confident that he was in the preseason.

About a review of this season

-I don't know, I can't tell you, I haven't considered it yet. I think this season is good, and it's my turn to evaluate it (laughs), I would say it's between 8 and 10 points.

About the holiday

- We will start pre-season training on July 13, and we will see how the players are in their form after the holiday. Like everyone else, I will go on vacation. Some players will participate in the game with the national team, I will try to watch some games, and I will go to Stuttgart to watch Spain vs. France. You don't want to know where I'm going for a vacation, do you? This is a secret, I'm going to a very far place.

About Fati

-This is not something I can decide, he has a contract and will make appropriate decisions. If he wants to talk to me, he can do it anytime without any problems.

Regarding next season's goal

- I always stick to the same idea: pursue progress. Despite the greater challenges, we are confident and know how to improve and how to play. We have to continue working hard and we want to provide more options for the team, which is the goal of the entire team. Everything is planned, including the tour.

Tactical improvements

-You will see next season.

About Louis Dias and Rashford

- I don't want to talk about players who are not on my team. They are all amazing players, I like them so much, we'll see what happens.

About signing wingers

- This is what we discussed, in recent games, we didn't have many choices in these positions, we will look at various options.

Final message

- I want to wish our women's team (Barcelona will play against Arsenal in the Women's Champions League final), let's pray together. I will watch this game and hope they can win the Champions League, which will be one of our goals for next year. Thank you everyone, I enjoyed this time. See you next season and hopefully we can at least be as good as this season.