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Barcelona Sport Director Deco believes that the signing of Kylian Mbappe did a team of Real Madrid “unbalanced”.
Barca has been better than his centuries -old rivals this season, beating them four times, including the Copa Del Rey final in Seville.
And after he also finished the league title, Deco suggested that Madrid must solve the puzzle of Mbappe and what effect he had on the players around him.
The French striker scored well individually, scoring 41 goals in 55 games, but like Vinicius JR, Rodryg and Jude Bellingham had relatively bad seasons.
Deco, speaking to Rac1, said, “We knew that he was (Mbappe) a great player, but it creates an imbalance on the team.
“I think Madrid is looking for his balance.
BARçe Deco Director on the wings: “We love Luis Diaz, we love Rashford … and we love other wings.”
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Barca is expected to be busy on the transfer market this summer, and Deco made it clear that the club’s priority was renewing his key players, and especially in Lamine Yamal, but admitted that several players who were selling their store in the Premier League would like.
“We love Luis (Diaz) and we love Rashford, but we can’t talk about players who have a contract,” he said. “It is much more important for me to improve what we have here.”
Deco also suggested that he restart the move for Nico Williams Athletic Bilbao could be off the table after he paused last summer with moved to Catalonia.
He added: “He is a great player, as we have seen in the euros, but this year it has fallen a little. But we have to look at the balance of the team. We are focused on what we have here. We renovated Pedri, Gavi, (Ronald) Araujo, now Raphinha.
“If we can improve ourselves, we’ll see what we can do. Last season we had two players who could improve the team, one was Nico and the other (days) Olmo.
“From the first moment, the days showed that he wanted to come to Barça, Nico, no, so the matter lasted longer and eventually did not come.”
Yamal’s current contract expires next summer, and President Barce Joan Laport has already said that the club is being prepared to give him a “special treatment” given the influence of the 17-year-old.
“It’s (a new contract) on the right track,” Deco said. “He is a player who has maturity that is not normal. But we can never forget that he is 17 years old.
“He has to live a little at the age he is, no matter home hard it is and he has to be happy. A Player at this level has to be happy. For me is a not an Issue that he is 17, for me Football has fair and to have a contact that corresponds Being the Highest Paid, The Important Thing is that he is happy.
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Barca confirmed last night that Coach Hansi Flick signed a new contract holding him at the club by 2027. Deco hopes to stay longer, but says the contract has been a contract for two more years at the moment.
“Barça is the best club in the world, but it is very intense,” said the former midfielder Portugal. “The plans have to be done for a long time, but you have to do a little by little. Two years is the right time, but time will say.”