Deco reveals the club’s intentions with its “biggest idol”
MADRID, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The sporting director of FC Barcelona, Deco, has explained the club’s intention to stage a farewell match and tribute to Leo Messi with the Barça shirt, in a few years when the culé legend finishes his career, at the remodeled Camp Nou.
“It will be a farewell game, but maybe in the new stadium when it is ready. He will always be the biggest idol in the club’s history. He will surely play a farewell game at Barcelona. When will it be? We don’t know. He is playing and I hope he plays for more years, because people who like football will be happy to see him happy,” he said in an interview with the Brazilian media ‘Lance’.
The former Brazilian nationalized Portuguese footballer thus referred to a Messi who once again sounded like a reinforcement for Barça even for this winter market. “He is happy now and that is what I think he had to look for in his career. Returning to Barcelona would be something spectacular, because he is the best player in history, but things ended up happening like this and it is clear that he is happy. That That’s what matters most,” he said.
In the same way, Deco explained the difficulty of having finalized something with Neymar. “He is a fantastic player. He would obviously fit in at Barcelona, but there was never a real possibility, beyond the desire he had to return from Barcelona,” he said, evaluating his position since this summer as Barça sports director.
“This summer has been very complex. It was not an easy window, because we had the limitations of Financial Fair Play that forced us to be intelligent when approaching the market. This phase passed and now it is day to day, after the games , the relationship with the coach, which is important. I have a fantastic relationship with Xavi and things have gone very well,” he stated.
In addition, Deco assessed the possible early arrival of Vitor Roque signed this summer in anticipation of the next campaign. “We know that we have one of the best center forwards in the world, which is Lewandowski, but the time will come when we will need someone for that position. For Vitor, being able to arrive at Barcelona with a reference like Lewandowski would be a fantastic learning experience. We are trying make this happen as soon as possible,” he confessed.
2023-10-18 21:29:57
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