Fermín López told Cadena SER's 'Què t'hi Jugues' that he likes being called the "Soldadito de Flick" and that Hansi Flick gives him a lot of confidence, an interview that doubles as a personal scorecard for a season that has pushed him into the spotlight.
This season López has recorded 13 goals and 17 assists, figures he said he is happy with as he explained what drives him on the pitch. Fermín López: "Marcar. También me gusta darle goles a los compañeros. Para mí, marcar es una sensación indescriptible. Me encanta."
He returned immediately to the relationship with his coach and teammates when asked about the nickname. Fermín López: "Sí, sí, está bien. Me gusta. Siempre intento darlo todo por el equipo y Hansi también me da mucha confianza, y me gusta que me llamen así." Those lines underline how the confidence Flick gives him and his willingness to serve the team have become part of how he describes his role.
The numbers matter. The 13 goals and 17 assists this season are the clearest proof that López has established himself among the elite of world football and become a differential piece for Barcelona. The momentum behind fermín lópez, who has delivered both goals and creative output, has reshaped how many see the Barcelona squad's options in attack.
López folded his personal history into the assessment. He reminded listeners that he comes from El Campillo and that, not long ago, the present would have seemed impossible: Fermín López: "Seguramente diría que están locos, porque es imposible imaginar, primero, llegar al primer equipo del Barça siendo de El Campillo, un pueblo muy pequeño y humilde; y luego hacer estas estadísticas y tener tantos minutos en el primer equipo del Barça. Creo que es algo inimaginable."
He also spoke to where he feels at home off the pitch, and why that matters in public life. Fermín López: "Sí, porque también me gusta y sé que la gente de aquí lo considera muy importante para la cultura." López said he likes speaking Catalan in interviews and in the street and that he has been integrated into Catalan culture from a young age.
There is a small, revealing contradiction at the center of his season. López says he prefers scoring to giving assists, calling the act of scoring "una sensación indescriptible," yet his statistical ledger this year lists 17 assists—more than his 13 goals. That gap underlines how he now balances personal appetite with team utility: he will chase the goal, but he is also delivering chances for others.
The personal detail he returned to most was family. Fermín López: "Mi abuela es un pilar fundamental en mi vida; lo da todo por mí, siempre está pendiente de mí, me llama constantemente." He said she is very proud of him and calls him constantly, a steady human measure of success that sits beside the flashy numbers.
This interview does three things at once: it makes clear how much confidence López takes from Hansi Flick, it lays out the season’s concrete output—13 goals and 17 assists—and it reminds the reader that the player behind those figures still measures achievement in the small things, like speaking Catalan and the phone calls from his grandmother. That mix of ambition, service to the team and rootedness in El Campillo is the headline fact about López right now—and the simplest way to understand why his season feels like more than a run of form.
