Barcelona set to open new training-base gym after Hansi Flick request

Barcelona are close to completing construction of a new gym at their training ground and hope the first team will be able to use it after the international break, according to SPORT.

The project was requested by head coach Hansi Flick and his coaching staff, who believed the club’s facilities needed to be modernised and that a state-of-the-art gym should be located closer to the training pitches.

Barcelona’s players previously used a gym in another part of the sports complex. The new facility will allow them to move more efficiently between work on the pitch, strength training and recovery sessions, without having to spend time travelling across the training ground.

The main construction work is almost finished, although the necessary equipment still has to be installed before the gym can open.