Anderson Luis de Souza, better known as decorationHe will become official as the sporting director of FC Barcelona in the coming hours. The appointment was expected, but this Wednesday, the 45-year-old former Portuguese midfielder, who is supposedly in the ‘de facto’ position as an outside adviser, will take over all power on the pitch in the Barcelona side’s offices. enrollment and relegation from the club. Not only will he fill the void left by Jordi Cruyff, he will also overtake the relegated Mateu Alemany, Joan Laporta’s biggest guru ever. His fate is one of the unknowns that needs to be solved as soon as possible. Everything points to a new stay or departure from the club.
The delay in formalizing his appointment was in principle linked to the need to leave D20Sports, the football player representation agency he led, including Raphinha of Brazil, thereby closing an obvious conflict of interest before joining the Barcelona payroll. This happened a few weeks ago, but the formalization still hasn’t come. Until now.
decisive meeting
A meeting in the office of Arístides Maillol with the participation of the president Joan LaportaDeco, Alemany and Alejandro Echevarria (Laporta’s unpaid permanent adviser), alongside vice presidents Rafael Yuste and Eduard Romeu, served to reorganize the sports organization chart 15 days after the summer transfer market closed and some pending operations are closed
Deco will take all the power and it looks like Alemany has counted his minutes at the club. He has already threatened to leave before the summer after considering an offer from Aston Villa, which Monchi finally took over. He went to Birmingham and returned without consolidating his departure, and Laporta agreed to his reinstatement. Deco’s arrival seemed at first to be the fate of Cruyff’s departure, but Portugal’s nationalized Brazilian has a strong voice and his views don’t always match those of Alemany. It also remains more than fluid with the influential Echevarria, which perfectly manages to tip the balance against the Mallorcan leader.