Winner of the Liga, the King's Cup and the Spanish Super Cup, FC Barcelona has delivered an excellent season. Despite an outing in the Champions League semi-finals against Inter Milan, all the lights are green for the Catalan club which will be able to prepare for next season. This has already started this Wednesday with the formalization of the extension of coach Hans-Dieter Flick until June 2027. Another important file, the extension of Lamine Yamal whose lease ends in a year. Guest in El món a rac1 on Catalan radio Rac1the sports director Deco drew up the Blaugranas road line for this summer.
With the return to the rule of 1 for 1 and more substantial finances, FC Barcelona will have less hands linked to the transfer window. However, Deco does not want the club to give in to buying madness this summer: “Our absolute priority is to strengthen what we have in the club. We have renewed the contracts of Pedri, Gavi, Araujo and Raphinha, and we will probably do the same with Koundé.A large renewal plan that concerns young people like Pau Cubarsi, Marc Casado and Marc Bernal. Frenkie de Jong who arrives at a year from the end of his contract is also a major file as Deco recalled: “Stop talking about the past. De Jong is not responsible for his successes. He crossed a milestone and met all of our expectations as a club, but the most important thing is commitment, but we have not yet discussed the conditions.»»
FC Barcelona wants to recruit in two positions
If the Dutch case will not be easy compared to his imposing salary, Deco also hopes to keep Eric Garcia to have more options for the bench: “What rejoices in his case is that in his departure to Girona, he regained confidence and that in his return, he was much safer from him. (…) It's not easy to make a big match and return to the bench. He helped us a lot and we want him to stay.On the other hand, the Ansu Fati case seems more vague. The young winger who has 11 appearances and 298 minutes of play remains in the plans of FC Barcelona but will not be kept at all costs: “In football, there is no delicate situation; It is football, injuries and bad luck. The idea is to recover it, taking into account his qualities and his beautiful pre-season after his injury. We continue to believe in him. We count on him, and each player has his own journey. Each player has his own program, and if he wants to leave, we will have to discuss it.»»
Wanting to consolidate the current team, Deco nevertheless admitted that there will be the recruitment of an additional winger and mentioned two names that appeal to FC Barcelona: “We appreciate Luis (Diaz Editor's note), we appreciate Rashford and we appreciate other players. On the market, we know names that could improve the team.On the other hand, there will not be the arrival of an additional scorer to replace Robert Lewandowski: “In the workforce, we have players capable of playing like Ferran Torres, who has produced a spectacular season, Dani Olmo, in false “9”, Fermín … This team has internal solutions when Lewandowski is not there. Inter has a pure attacker like Thuram, PSG does not have, Arsenal either … We don't have to obsess ourselves to find a “9”, today, we have one and several options.»»
Another hot file, that of the goalkeeper. And there too Deco pressed a name, Joan Garcia de l'Espanyol de Barcelona: “We have two guards, Szczesny and Ter Stegen, and we will also see what Iñaki will decide, because he has a year of contract. We have to look for another goalkeeper, given his age. Joan Garcia is a good goalkeeper. I am not much the guards. I can give my opinion on the players, but I do not have much knowledge of the guards. Within the recruitment department, we are working to collect information on the best players, and Garcia is a good goalkeeper.A winger and a goalkeeper, FC Barcelona has already targeted its main files for this summer.
