They COINCIDED IN THE BARÇA
Deco desvela The controversial conversation between Rijkaard and Laporta
Published:4/06/2018 - 23:08h
Updated:5/06/2018 - 02:26h
Deco Was one of the big pillars of the project of Joan Laporta that carried to the team to achieve a Champions League and two leagues with Frank Rijkaard in the bench. Nevertheless, the Portuguese confessed a conversation of the technician with the president
In the year 2003, Joan Laporta arrived to the presidency of the FC Barcelona and bet in the bench by Frank Rijkaard, a popular ex Dutch player without hardly experience like trainer. However, the played went out well and the Dutch achieved to win a Champions League and two leagues, heading to a team that practised an exquisite football.
Deco, ex player of this team, conceded an interview in Brazil with the journalist Papo Cabeça in which desveló a controversial conversation between Rijkaard and Laporta."There is a sentence of Frank Rijkaard to Laporta that did not make public . 'The Barcelona is not a big', said him. It was very direct in front of the president", commented Deco.
"'How that is not a big?', it answered him Laporta. 'No, a big is the Milan, the Real Madrid, the Liverpool... They are clubs that have five Glasses of Europe, while the Barcelona has one. How it goes to be a big?' And had reason. The Barcelona always was considered a big, but the history did not coincide", explained the ex Portuguese footballer.
Deco Also spoke on the difference of requirement that there was in the FC Barcelona of his period and the one of the current team. "Now win League and Glass knows to little, but before win a Glass was something very big. The Barcelona always has had big players, but before was unable to form a big team", explained.
Deco, one of the pillars of this Barça
Deco Arrived to the FC Barcelona in summer of 2004 pertinent of the Port wine in return of something more than 20 million euros after making a big paper in the Eurocopa of this same year. In the Portuguese team was the big star, but arrived to a Barça led by Ronaldinho to the that had to adapt to reinvent his position.
Far to go down his performance, Deco turned into one of the most complete midfield players of Europe, destapando also his facet of recuperador of balloons in the centre of the field. Had a fundamental paper in this team, so much to level goleador, as of game of construction and destruction. Finally, it finish leaving to Chelsea after four seasons.
