The sports management understands that it will be a financially challenging summer. Deco is looking for two specific positions at a good price, apart from the ‘Joaos’.
Barca’s planning is severely constrained by the club’s economic situation. Barca needs to generate more income or make significant sales to enter the market with some solvency.
And it seems that the scenarios being considered by the club’s sports management involve another year of austerity.
Barca’s sporting director, Deco, is trying to sell some players who have less prominence in the team, but no one intends to leave, as he has found from the meetings he has been having with various groups.
If this continues, they will be tied hand and foot during the summer. This will make it very difficult for the Spanish club to make any signings, which could potentially harm their chances of winning La Liga next season.
That’s why Deco is currently working on only two additions apart from trying to secure the continuations of Joao Cancelo and Joao Félix as soon as possible.
The idea is to bring in a defensive midfielder and, most importantly, a winger who plays on the left flank. The options, for now, are ‘low-cost’.
Deco is aware that the squad is full of quality midfielders and that it’s not easy to find a top-level profile at a reduced cost that improves what is already there. It could be a quieter summer than usual.