On Sunday, Barcelona ended their pre-season schedule with a thunderous 5-0 win over Como in the Joan Gamper-Trophy, and one of the stars in front of Hansi Flick was Fermin Lopez. The 22-year-old scored the first two goals in the Estadi Olimpic, which he hopes will be a sign of things that come for the 2025-26 campaign.
Fermin won the MVP prize before the game, and according to MD he responds to the performance of his Barcelona teammates against Como. He also gave his thoughts for the coming season.
“It was a great game from the entire team that will be good for us. The work is non-conservable, the pressure is also high, as last year, when we did very well. Let's continue like this.”
It has been an interesting summer for Fermin, who has attracted a lot of interest – especially from Manchester United and Chelsea. However, he confirmed that he is not going to leave Barcelona.
“I want to stay here, it's my dream and I will stay, I am happy to help the team. Many things have been said, but I will continue to defend these colors and work as hard as someone else, so that the Catalans are calm.”
Fermin also spoke about Barcelona's new signing sessions and spoke to the recent controversy around club captain Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
“The new players are very good and will help us a lot. Marc is the first captain, we respect him a lot, what happened his external things.”
The constant injury problems of Dani Olmo means that Fermin Lopez probably has a lot of playing time during the 2025-26 season, and if he can regularly replicate the performance against Como, he should be able to go to Flick's estimates.