😳 Deco is clear: We must improve, and we also need to sell players

Deco, current sporting director of Barcelona, has spoken to 'The Times' about the current state of Barça.

In this interview, some of the director's words about player sales have been surprising.

Player Sales

"Our main idea is not to sell players, Barcelona is not a club that likes to do that. But, of course, we have to improve in that aspect, because sometimes we also have to sell players. To sell young players, you have to have control. You have to pay attention to when their contracts end. You have to make a plan for their future."

Is the youth academy playing because of debts?

"People tell me: 'Due to the financial situation, Barcelona is using young players.' It's not true. We are using young players because they are good enough. If they weren't good, it would be impossible to play at Barcelona. We have been lucky in terms of the quality of this generation, because that way we haven't had to go to the market for some positions. La Masía has helped us. But it has helped us because they are good players."

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Is Lamine Yamal happy at Barça?

"If we keep the team, Lamine will be happy. I know that Lamine's desire and dream is to win something important for Barcelona. If I were Lamine, I would be attentive to what the club does. When you are an intelligent player like Marcus Rashford, you don't sign because you like the club, but because you want to win titles."

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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