Barcelona sporting director Deco update on Alvarez pursuit

Barcelona sporting director Deco has spoken to the media this Thursday concerning a wide range of matters regarding the Catalan membership. A type of was the continuing presidential election marketing campaign, which is in full swing.

Deco was delivered to Barcelona by ex-president Joan Laporta, who’s the clear favorite to be re-elected. As per Marca, he spoke on this thought-process concerning the vote, which takes place in a few weeks.

“I’m a member and I’ve the correct to vote and to provide my signature to whomever I take into account. It’s a democratic membership and everybody can vote. I’m in a challenge that I consider in, and we’re within the strategy of consolidating issues. I’m a Barça fan. I assist which president I believe is the very best for the membership.”

Deco: Frenkie de Jong damage shocked us

Deco spoke on the information that Frenkie de Jong had been injured in Thursday’s coaching session, and is now anticipated to overlook at the very least 5-6 weeks of motion.

“At this time was a shock. These are issues that may occur. We prepare arduous and effectively. It’s not the time to have an damage, and he’s at a excessive degree. We don’t like gamers getting injured, and he needed to be at this level within the season. We’ve overcome all accidents, and we’ve got to beat another.”

Deco on Barcelona’s attainable Champions League opponents

On Friday, Barcelona will discover out whether or not they face Paris Saint-Germain or Newcastle United within the subsequent spherical of the Champions League. Deco believes both match shall be an enormous take a look at for Hansi Flick and his gamers.

“They’re two completely different groups. PSG is a good workforce, which has gamers of a really excessive degree, who play soccer… It has nice high quality. However every one has its issue and various things. We are able to’t select. However we will battle to get via the knockout rounds.”

Deco: We’ve got not spoken to Atletico Madrid or Julian Alvarez

Deco additionally spoke on the newest state of affairs with Julian Alvarez, amid experiences that Barcelona have already agreed a deal to signal the Atletico Madrid and Argentina striker.

“We’ve got not spoken to any membership or participant. This isn’t the time to do it, regardless of how a lot we like them. We’ll discuss when it’s time. It’s February. There are lots of gamers that we like. We’ll see. We’ve got two strikers. This isn’t the time to make choices.”