The German took the microphone after a 4-1 win at RAMS Park on Tuesday and refused to be dragged into the celebration around him.

“Football can change very fast,” Flick told reporters, before setting out the line he has repeated across the opening months of the campaign.

“We want to win titles. We can win nothing now. In May, June you win the big titles.”

Ten games, ten wins, 43 goals, top of La Liga and a Champions League league phase already two from two.

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Yamal turns the night in Istanbul

Flick’s team had been trailing after Alexey Batrakov slid the hosts in front on 28 minutes. João Cancelo levelled before the break, and then Lamine Yamal took the game.

He did not score. He teed up Fermín López to nod in a second on 50 minutes, and three minutes later his cross put Anthony Gordon in for a third. Karim Adeyemi drilled a fourth from distance on 65.

The teenager was named man of the match without finding the net.

“Lamine didn’t score today, but he did provide the final pass for two goals,” Flick said. “He’s an incredible player and very important for us.”

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Betis, PSG and the Clásico inside ten days

Flick’s schedule in the next ten days reads: Real Betis away in La Liga on Saturday, Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League on Tuesday, Real Madrid at home in the Clásico the following weekend.

Beyond that stretch sits the full menu Barcelona can still chase this season: the La Liga title, the Champions League, the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de España. None of it is in the cabinet in October.

“When I see the quality in the training, which is what counts, I am not surprised,” Flick said. “But our ambitions are more.”

The German signed a contract extension in May that keeps him at the club through 2028, agreed after he had already delivered back-to-back La Liga titles. The summer added Rodri from Manchester City, Gordon from Newcastle and Adeyemi from Borussia Dortmund, with Robert Lewandowski leaving for Chicago Fire.

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Barcelona travel to Benito Villamarín to play Real Betis on Saturday, 17 October.

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