Surprise at Can Barça with the announcement of the former Portugal international as the new sports director; Mateu Alemany will leave the club in two weeks.
He FCBarcelona announced the creation of on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 decoration as the club’s new sports director.
The former Portugal international was already busy with the sports planning of the Barça squad, although the announcement only took place today.
The presentation will take place in September and next year the link is for the next three seasonsas announced by the Catalan entity itself.
Since he left football in 2013, Deco has remained very much George Mendes to work as an agent alongside him and create his own company, D20 Sportsin which raphinha He is their main player. In that sense, it wouldn’t surprise anyone if Jorge Mendes is more connected than before to the Barcelona market.
At the same time it is remarkable the departure of Mateu Alemany, who will not continue his duties as director of football for Barcelona. Alemany had already threatened to leave Can Barça in the first days of May this year, because his future was linked to his friend Unai Emery in the Astonville. At that point, however, he changed his mind and wanted to continue with the Barca club. Now he will work alongside Deco until the end of the summer market period and leave immediately afterwards. Straight away It is not excluded that he will continue at Barça, but in a different position.
Full statement from FC Barcelona
“FC Barcelona and Anderson Luis de Souza”decorationThey have agreed to join the club.
The first team player between 2004 and 2008 signs the contract as the sports director of the club for the next three seasons.
Deco will be responsible for marking FC Barcelona’s sporting philosophy and assembling the squad together with the coach and technical staff and becoming the head of the football department.
This addition is in line with the May 2 statement in which the president and director of the football zone, Mateu Alemany, agreed to relieve him of his responsibilities once the current transfer window ended on September 2.
According to the aforementioned statement Deco and mate alemany will work together until the end of the summer market
In the coming weeks, the club will further develop the sporting structure of FC Barcelona.”
Source: Goal