Barcelona make decision on Juliano Belletti’s future after Barca Atletic miss out on promotion

“That’s a matter for the board. My job is to bring the players into the reality of competitive football,” he said.

“This is how I can continue as a coach, working to better prepare them for the first team. The good thing is that Flick likes young players who understand the context,” he explained.

“We had to demand too much from the youngsters; I talked about protecting them, and yet they’ve shown something different, especially in their character.” Barcelona Atletic will aim for promotion again next season but may lose players such as Xavi Espart and Tommy Marques to the first team. Yet Belletti will still have plenty of exciting talent to call upon, with players such as Ibrahim Diarra, Toni Fernandez and Ebrima Tunkara around.