The subject obsesses all FC Barcelona supporters and even its coach Xavi. Will the Blaugrana club manage to strengthen this winter? For the moment, the most discussed question is that of the future of João Félix. The Portuguese is performing very well with the Culers (3 goals, 3 assists in 8 matches) and many are now waiting to know how the Catalan management will go about definitively recruiting a player for whom Atlético de Madrid are demanding 80 million €.
Others still hope that a small effort will be made next January to strengthen the club. However, in an interview with Mundo Deportivothe sporting director of Barça, Deco, made an announcement which will dampen all these hopes. “We know that we have a series of commitments, things that LaLiga imposes on us, not only on us, but also on other clubs, so we must not complain, we must work to improve and return to the best possible level . We have to deal with the situation and, ultimately, I think it will be difficult to recruit new players. We will always be on the lookout for opportunities, but I don’t think it will be possible”he confided, indicating that Barça would mainly focus on the players present at the club.
Deco has some downsides
“I understand that you talk a lot about transfers, it doesn’t bother me, it’s Barça, but we know what we want. If we looked too closely at what people think, we would be very worried. (…) We are not going to talk about players for the future, we have to take care of our players, give them love so that they are calm and happy. » Finally, Deco also returned to the Vitor Roque case. Barça recruited the Brazilian striker from Athletico Paranaense for around thirty million euros on July 12. However, the agreement included an arrival in Catalonia next summer. However, Xavi is pushing to bring in the young Brazilian this winter.
The player’s agent has since hinted that this possibility could happen. But Deco was once again very cautious. “The truth is that I haven’t seen it (Xavi’s statement on Vitor Roque), but he and I know that it doesn’t just depend on the club’s efforts. There is a part that depends on it and another that does not. From the first minute it was clear with Athletico Paranaense that Vitor could only come from January, which was one of the conditions of the deal, but we will try. We’ll see what we can do. With Xavi we talk a lot, and every day, but we haven’t talked about a position or a player. I will only move if the coach asks us, but for now we have only talked about Vitor.”. To be continued.
