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The technical secretariat of Barça , led by Deco , is continuously working to improve the team. During the past transfer market, the Portuguese’s first in the Blaugrana sports organization chart, five additions were made ( Ilkay Gündogan , Joao Félix , Oriol Romeu , Iñigo Martínez and Joao Cancelo ) that raised the competitive ceiling of Xavi Hernández ‘s squad , which during the current campaign has not performed at the expected level.
However, the ambitions of the Deco team do not stop there. And they are aware that in order to have a team that intimidates Europe again , they need to close some important signings in the next markets, both winter and summer. The most urgent folder to solve is that of Vitor Roque . The Barcelona club is working to have enough salary margin to sign the Brazilian forward, but nothing is guaranteed yet.
On the other hand, as confirmed by Deco himself in an interview given to Rac 1 , another of the objectives of the Barcelona sports area is to be able to keep Joao Félix and Joao Cancelo on a permanent basis.
“We’re still in November, it’s early, but of course we’re already thinking about it. We’ll see how the season goes. There’s no doubt that we want to have them next season , because they’re valid for the squad. We’re happy with his performance. How? We’ll see, those are discussions for later,” said the Portuguese.
With these words, it seems clear that Deco is delighted with the performance that the two Joaos are offering at the start of the season. It is true that their level, compared to the blazing start they had in their first games, has dropped a little, but this seems to be an effect favored by the doubts that are leaving the team on a collective scale. For this reason, everything indicates that, once the winter market is over, Barça’s eyes will be focused on signing these two players.
For his part, on the other hand, the opinion of Xavi Hernández could be a little different. The Egarenco coach is delighted with Joao Cancelo, who has become a transcendental footballer within his schemes, since he is able to occupy and contribute a talent in the last pass that his squad, except for Pedri and Gündogan , doesn’t have However, the same does not happen with Joao Félix.
The coach from Terrassa prefers a faster end with more imbalance on the wing. The ’14’ culer does not have these skills and this could generate the first considerable discrepancies between Deco and Xavi.
Source: El Nacional
