FC Barcelona alarmed: Deco explains García-Deal & stood at Ter Stegen

Pulls Liverpool comparison

Barcelona’s sports director Deco sees no need to inform Marc-André Ter Stegen (33) about the planning of the Catalans. In an interview with “La Vanguardia”, the ex-professional also explained the commitment of Espanyol’s Joan García (24), who is supposed to contest the German national goalkeeper at least the place between the posts.

“I give you a very simple example. Liverpool has a goalkeeper named Alisson, 32 years old, and has committed one of the best in the league to have Mamardashvili, 24 years old. If you have players aged 32 to 33, you have to try to create a forecast for the squad. Last year and in the past we only had a jetty and we had only Iñaki Peña. Good goalkeepers in the youth team, but they were still too young.

“We turned to Szczesny, who offered us a spectacular performance. If we do not make any decisions and left it, we can no longer make them anymore or it can be much more expensive. There was a time when we had to decide because the player would otherwise have been somewhere else. The goal was not a priority, but we have seen a market chance for the present. Level, ”said the 47-year-old.

Barça has to cost García 25 million euros, so high was his exit clause at the city rival. García receives a contract until 2031. According to Deco, long -time number one Stegen – the best “which I have ever seen with my feet” – does not see any reason to turn Barcelona back. Deco now made it clear: “I don’t have to speak to him. My job is to put together the best possible team for the coach (Hansi Flick; d. Red.). This is not my thing. There is also no contract that says that you will play. From then on the coach makes his decisions and every player has his own ambitions.”

I have great respect for Marc, but with Joan we had to make a decision for the present and the future.

If the Steegen came to the club, FC Barcelona would probably be willing to talk. “If a player really wants to go, it is very difficult to stop him. But this is not an issue at the moment. We have decided to commit a young goalkeeper, that is, he can play or sit on the bench tomorrow or play in one or two years. We have certain expectations of Joan, who must then be fulfilled. Everyone who comes here at zero, nobody has a great respect for the other. Decision for the present and the future. So there would now be four goalkeepers in the 2025/26 season. “Right, because Iñaki Peña also has a contract. We will make decisions in due course,” said Deco.

Deco confirms: FC Barcelona is working on transfer by Nico Williams

Meanwhile, Nico Williams (22), the left wing of Athletic Bilbao, have decided to switch to the Spanish top club and, among other things, against Bayern. Just: Due to financial problems, the Catalans have always had difficulty registering players due to financial problems. The international player can reverse a transfer fee of 60 million to 65 million euros by exit clause. Deco showed through the will of the player would not fail. “There is a clear criterion so that a player can come to Barça: he must first believe in the project,” said the sports director. “Both Nico and other players are currently showing the desire to come to us. If the circumstances for Nico vote, we will try. (…) In the case of Nico, it is very clear that he has a clause. We met with his agent to find out what the player wants, and then we will see if it is possible.”

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At Barça you always want to pay attention to the harmony in the team, “we want to keep that”. The club is “hopefully not” for a significant sales sale. “We want to improve the team, do not worsen. And if we lose an important player, we worsen them.” However, Deco explained that the defense center should be thinned out: “We have five central defenders and one must go because we have too many players.”