OFFICIAL: Barça announces the signing of Deco and confirms the farewell of Mateu Alemany

Finally the FC Barcelona and Anderson Luis of Souza "Deco" have done official the incorporation of the exfutbolista to the sportive direction of the Barcelona club. The Catalan entity, by means of an official communiqué, has left to know that the luso-Brazilian will be the new attendant to "mark the sportive philosophy of the FC Barcelona and make the staff beside trainer and technical body and turn into the responsible maximum of the section of football", explained the information.

This situation, for surprise of many, has left to Mateu Alemany out of the project of the Barça, with effect almost immediate. The own communiqué details that the current director of the Area of Football, Mateu Alemany, had agreed with Joan Laporta his desvinculación of his once finalised responsibilities the current market of signings the next 02 September.

🤝 Deco, new sportive director of the FC Barcelona

✍️ The exjugador blaugrana between 2004 and 2008 signature for the three next seasons

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_is) August 16, 2023

Although the communiqué of the Barça explains that the incorporation of Deco agrees with the communiqué that issued the past day 02 May in which Laporta and Alemany had agreed this movement, the reality is that anybody, or very few, expected an exit so in the short term of Mateu. In fact, some minutes before the journalist Gerard Romero had revealed the possibility that this sucediera, explaining that it was a situation that could suceder, and that finally like this has finish sucediendo.

The Barça changes the society Alemany-Cruyff by the work of Deco

Regarding the arrival of Deco, the Barça details that in the weeks to come it will detail the sportive structure, although it seems to remain quite clear that the ex player of the first team between 2004 and 2008 will assume powers almost absolute like the new sportive director. The also ex agent of Raphinha signs an agreement for the next three seasons, by what would be to the end of the current commanded of Laporta in the Catalan institution.