Deco: “We need a radical change”

Some statements of decoration in the portuguese magazine ‘Sunrise’ They made a lot of noise in the post match Barça against Granada, where the Blaugrana could not overcome a sad draw (3-3). With those words, in the paper edition of the magazine, they put some controversial words in their mouths when they doubted the current model of Barça and assured that it needed to be changed. “A new direction is important and the president agrees with me on this. A deep change is needed. There is a method that has worn out. We need to find someone who will break with the past once and for all and move towards in a new paradigm”, are those should be words of the Barça sports director. decoration He is responsible for emphasizing through the club that they have crooked the statements and going to the online publication of the aforementioned interview, this phrase did not appear. In fact, the answer is the following: “Xavi has presented his resignation. He will stay until the end of the season but no longer. He has announced that he does not think he can give the team the change it needs. It must be changed those things. very deep.(…) At least we agree on the need for a radical change after today (the interview was made after the defeat against Villarreal at home by 3- 5).He is very radical himself Xavi He said the club needed a new direction.” To which he added: “We need to find a coach. Who, that’s the problem. The president also agrees with me on this. Xavi He is a representative of Barcelona’s paradigm leaving the club. “Now we have to find a solution.”

Get rid of Klopp and Amorim

Asked about the signing option Jurgen Klopp, is clear: “He said he wanted to take a break from training.” And immediately afterwards he mentioned the difficulties that Barça could have in hiring a coach: “We have a serious financial problem on our hands and that is one of the reasons why they hired me. We don’t have the money for the investment by other millionaires. clubs make and “That discourages any coach who comes here wanting to win it all now. Unfortunately we cannot give him the means to do this. Not at this stage.”

decoration he threw away his countryman Ruben Amorim to replace Xavi: “At the moment, all hypotheses are on the table. But which Portuguese coach? How many Portuguese coaches are ready for the weight and responsibility of taking care of Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ that comes with it. Tell me. I know that Ruben Amorim He is doing a great job at Sporting and, on top of that, he plays a style similar to ours. But he also has little experience.”

decoration He was clear when he commented that “we don’t know what will happen from now on, if this project develops and becomes successful, I am at a club that, despite going through a period of change, cannot last long without winning Recently we lost the Copa del Rey against Athletic Bilbao and, in the end, I thought it would be good because we can focus more on the championship and the Champions League, where we will have a draw against Naples and face we did it with the ambition to reach the quarterfinals. Suddenly, we looked at the reality and found ourselves further and further away from the top of the table and needed to regain our spirit in order not to lose our place in the Champions League next season. Things changed quickly”.

The Camp Nou factor

When checking the reasons of Barça’s eventful season, he assured: “There is something that many people forget and that happens in almost every club that does not receive a high level of financing from the State. This management has started a project that includes the renovation of stadium and it costs a lot. The new Camp Nou will be a source of pride for all Barcelona fans, but it requires a huge economic effort that can be seen in the strengthening of the team. Of course everyone says that Barcelona is a training club and that “it creates players every year, but this process has to be done wisely, you can’t take a group of kids, put on a Barça shirt and wait for them to win titles. From one day to the next.”

Finally, and studying the causes of the team’s situation, he left a reflection for the coming months: “We are in a transition phase. Can we have better results in many situations? We can. There is no way to escape reality. We are going through a difficult phase in many areas , we don’t have the money to go out on the market to find reinforcements who already have a name and want to win titles, we have to bet on people like that kid you saw. “Vitor Roque, who has everything to be a top forward but still very young, he is 19 years old, we have to give him support. But he is an example that we continue to work well in many aspects.”