Joan Laporta, president of the FC Barcelona, has appeared in front of the media in the presentation of Deco of Souza like new sportive director of the club. In her desveló the reason by which chose to the Portuguese and also took advantage of the opportunity for elogiar the management of Mateu Alemany inside the dispatches.

It began appreciating to Alemany by the work in the sportive direction during his second mandate. "It has managed successfully a very complicated inheritance in the sportive field and with a lot of obstacles. It has done it with note, excellent. It has built a sportive project highly competitive. It is intelligent, a big professional, very qualified and big person. We wish him a lot of luck there where go. The doors of the Barça always will be opened", aimed.

Deco, as new sportive director

Further of 'surrender' in front of Mateu, proceeded to explain the reasons by which Deco fulfils with all the requirements to occupy the charge. "It gathers all the conditions. It has been player of elite, of reference, of the Barça and has been mate of our trainer, Xavi Hernández. Have a vision of the similar football and, besides, has formed and has been employer and this has done him learn all the keys that do fault so that the negotiations fructifiquen", sentenced Laporta.

Finally, it kept on the same line and it remembered that it is fundamental his knowledge in different sportive areas. "It knows the markets futbolísticos, no only the Brazilian, but the European and the emergent. This summer has worked elbow to elbow with Mateu and has helped to resolve the cases. It has had a notable role to build the project, that is competitive. And it has worked in tuning with the trainer", concluded the executive.