Former Portugal international Deco is among the candidates being considered to replace Mateu Alemany as Barcelona‘s director of football, sources have told ESPN.
Deco, 45, has been working as an agent since his retirement from the game and has collaborated informally with Barca president Joan Laporta during the last two years.
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As Raphinha‘s representative, he helped oversee the deal that saw the Brazil international join Barca from Leeds United for over €50 million last summer.
Barca are making changes to their executive structure after Alemany informed the club of his decision to embark on a new project elsewhere at the end of the campaign.
ESPN reported that he will join Premier League side Aston Villa after receiving an offer that was “too good to turn down.”
Alemany, who joined Barca in 2021, has worked alongside sporting director Jordi Cruyff, but the latter’s future at Spotify Camp Nou is also uncertain beyond the expiry of his contract in June.
