Deco

[Messigician]

What does he do tho?

 

[khaled_a_d]

What does he do tho?

He does the only thing he can do, buy (and sell) young players.

 

[Messigician]

He does the only thing he can do, buy (and sell) young players.

Who has he bought tho

 

[khaled_a_d]

Who has he bought tho

He was responsible for buying B players in 2023, and brought Pau Victor, Gerard Martin, Noah Darvich & Faye. Other than Darvich, the rest showed they belong to first division level at least, and Darvich himself is a big talent but bad fit for Spanish football. This year he is bringing many African good players, Diarra is the most important, Oduro is has the potential to be first team player LB.

And yes, that doesn't speak highly about him being able to manage first team, but again, it doesn't say anything because as I explained before, it is a locked situation he was put in. No funds, no sellable players that would open salary margin. Nothing.

Tbh, I've respect for anyone who accepts to work in such conditions. Deco was on his way to make his agency a big household name and he left that to work here in those awful condition.

 

[Ter Stature]

None of these signings actually help the team now. WTF are you on about?

But you all believed that another brazilian fraud would be the next star too.
Barca can't touch top euro talents anymore.
Relegated to Red Bull tier, let's see those Africans outside an U17 tournament were they always dominate.

 

[Messigician]

He was responsible for buying B players in 2023

Respectfully he was brought in to help the first team not the B team.

 

[Ter Stature]

Other teams have top scouts and we have some fat boy who eats with players and then nothing happens.

Barca DNA.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Respectfully he was brought in to help the first team not the B team.

1-He was actually hired for both, not only first team.

2-You know the old wisdom of "You can't help someone who don't want to help himself"?

Deco, or any other SD, can't do anything if the club has no salary margin to register a 2.7M signing like Pau Victor.
The guy literally has an amortization equals 540K annually, with a salary of 400K annually (although, I am quoting capology which is highly unreliable). And that is after selling Gundogan & Faye.

So, Respectfully, tell me what can he realistically do, before asking what he does?

 

[Messigician]

Deco, or any other SD, can't do anything if the club has no salary margin

Well yeah it’s also his job to sell players

Gundogan is ok start but he’s been here a while and Deco basically just did some Barca B singings and called it a day

Meanwhile first team players that could actually help us and were available for cheap all turned him down