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DECO SPOKE AT THE COMMITMENT ASSEMBLY

Transfers, renewals... Deco reveals the Barça market

Published:21/10/2023 - 20:26h

Updated:21/10/2023 - 21:20h

Deco took advantage of his official presentation as sports director to the members of FC Barcelona to share his perspective on topics of great importance within the Barça entity, such as signings, renewals and other topics of interest

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The FC Barcelona carried out this Saturday an Assembly of Compromisarios in which they stood out several important moments. One of them was the official presentation of Anderson Luis of Souza, known like Deco, as new director of the area of football of the Catalan cast, sucediendo to Mateu Alemany.

In his speech, Deco established the aims of the club of concise way: "struggle by all the titles without losing the style Barça, betting irrenunciablemente by The Masia and controlling the world-wide market of young promises". It took advantage of the opportunity to define how want to that it was his management and appreciate the confidence deposited in him: "always I said: speak little, work a lot. I appreciate the confidence of the directors and of the partners, those who have given it to me when choosing to the directive".

Deco Presented the renewed Barcelona organisation chart

The Portuguese tackled several subjects in his speech, between them the presentation of the sportive organisation chart, in which Joan Laporta appears like president, backed by a Sportive Commission. From this, mentioned the charge of Rafa Yuste like vice-president, Deco in his charge mentioned with control on Xavi Hernández, Bojan like coordinator of the area of football, and other names like José Ramón Alexanco like coordinator of basic football, Paulo Araujo like attendant of 'scouting' and Franc Carbó like director of management.

Deco Stood out that it sees an organisation chart with "a lot of people of the club, involved; people of football like Xavi and Rafa, people that besides knows the greatness of the club". Taking advantage of his position like manager of the operations of signings, did a review of the operations made recently by the club.

Deco 'Wetted' on the past market estival of the Barça

The Portuguese, in this regard of the operations of the club executed in the past market estival, puntualizó: "Rescissions of Umtiti, Hammered and Alba, more Busquets, that finish his agreement. They are legends and lose to these players is not easy. Afterwards, the cessions of Dest, Lenglet, Ansu, Eric, Pablo Tower, Julián Araujo, Estanis, Valley and Chadi. Estanis And Chadi follow explaining, but yielded them because they did not have place right now in the team. Traspasados, Abde and Nico, but with option of repurchase; and the unexpected exit of Dembélé. Also gone out of Kessie, Trincao, Hill".

Besides, Deco did not leave to overlook the successful market of signings of summer that had the Barça, as well as the renewals of agreement. It signalled: "Ter Stegen, Crag, Lamine, Balde and Fermín; the incorporations of Iñigo and Gündogan free and of Joãor Félix and Cancel, yielded. The only player that have fichado by means of traspaso has been Oriol Romeu".

Finally, the exfutbolista also mentioned figures related with the management of the staff, emphasizing: "In this market, there is a saving of 161 million the mass salarial; the sportive total cost goes to 416 millions, 54% on recurrent income, the lowest of the last years without renouncing to titles. The aims of the management are the control of the feasibility and of the costs, a political salarial with meritocracia, balance and adaptation to the market and wages by titles".