Before converting officially in the new sportive director of the FC Barcelona like replacement of Mateu Alemamy, Anderson Luis of Souza, more known like Deco, was used to to have a paper like representative of footballers. Between his folder appeared important names of world-wide size, between them the one of Raphinha, that in that then played in the Premier League for the Leeds United. The Portuguese was key so that the Brazilian extreme mudara to Spain to play in the Barça.
It fits to remember that, two months after the arrival of the Brazilian extreme to the rows of the Barcelona, Deco abandoned his agency of representation, and later, was confirmed like new sportive director of the club. This decision generated all type of speculations by the recent signing, when considering that it could exist a conflict of interests.
The arrival of Raphinha and the controversy by the offer of Chelsea
In an interview for 'FourFourTwo', the luso confirmed that it renounced to earn the commission of the Leeds by the signing of Raphinha with the Barça, as it affirms, with the only purpose to fulfil the dream of the footballer to dress the T-shirt blaugrana. "I renounced to earn of the Leeds because I thought that Raphinha deserved to be happy where dreamed to play. It wanted to go to the Barcelona and the Barça did not equalise the figures of Chelsea. It was an effort that did I so that the player could be here", confessed.
On the other hand, it commissioned to command him a 'recado' to the president of the Leeds by not wanting to fulfil with his word when modifying the figures of the signing with the Barça by the offer of Chelsea. "After the club attained to avoid the descent, largely thanks to the contribution of Raphinha, among others players, of course, the president changed of posture by the offer of Chelsea. The owner of the Leeds had promised, in a moment exasperated for the Leeds, sell to Raphinha to the Barcelona by a determinate quantity", sentenced.