Barcelona sporting manager Deco denies the nine person fiscal problems and says they bash not request to merchantability players - contempt La Liga's restrictive fiscal controls.
Deco, 47, has overseen a revival of Barcelona since his assignment successful 2023, culminating successful a home treble portion besides reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League.
The Catalans person renewed the contracts of superstar teen Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and manager Hansi Flick, portion they were cleared by Spain's National Sports Council (CSD) to registry midfielder Dani Olmo amid a quality with La Liga.
When asked whether the satellite should spot Barcelona arsenic a well-run nine successful 2025, Deco told BBC Sport: "Barcelona is my club, I emotion Barcelona. I saw what happened from the extracurricular and ever thought I could assistance enactment Barca astatine the aforesaid precocious level.
"I knew it would beryllium hard erstwhile I joined with the fiscal rules - it is not a fiscal problem, but the fiscal just play rules successful Spain are much hard than the Premier League and successful different countries.
"It is simply a occupation for a batch of clubs, you conscionable perceive astir Barca due to the fact that we are a large club. You request to enactment with it, spot however you tin amended the squad and the operation of La Masia [academy] players and experienced players has been important."
The erstwhile Portugal midfielder, who played for the Catalans - arsenic good arsenic Chelsea and Porto - stresses Barcelona are blessed moving with La Liga but person religion the rules volition proceed to improve.
Even if they bash not, Barcelona are excited to person "one of the biggest contracts successful history" with Nike, and the recently renovated 100,000-seater Nou Camp volition beryllium the biggest stadium successful Europe and amended revenues.
He insists Barcelona volition "not merchantability our champion players", adding the team's caller occurrence means they tin "grow with galore of the aforesaid players". But helium says they are successful looking for "two, 3 oregon 4 signings", without needing to participate the marketplace "like crazy" acknowledgment to the stableness astatine the halfway of the team.
When asked if it includes the enactment of signing Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, thought to beryllium disposable for £40m, oregon Liverpool's Luis Diaz, helium added: "We person been focusing connected renewing contracts, aft that, we'll sermon players to come.
"Of course, these 2 players, similar you mentioned, they are bully but person contracts successful their clubs, truthful we won't talk due to the fact that it's not fair. But erstwhile you determine to spell to the market, for sure, we find immoderate names. In my opinion, we don't request to bring galore players."
He added: "When I talk with the agents of the players, everyone wants to travel oregon stay. So this is important. The representation of the nine is inactive good. We are arrogant due to the fact that Barcelona is inactive specified a large club, and the mode we are playing shot makes players privation to come."
Deco is alert of the changeless menace of Real Madrid, who volition look to amended nether caller caput manager Xabi Alonso.
They person besides agreed deals for right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, who volition permission Liverpool, and Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen. Benfica left-back Alvaro Carreras is understood to beryllium adjacent connected the club's shortlist.
"Next play is not going to beryllium easy, due to the fact that I cognize that archetypal Real Madrid has a batch of apical players," helium said. "In my sentiment they person a large team. They person a batch of fantastic players. Of people they privation to improve.
"It's precise important to person a beardown Madrid. It's precise important to person beardown players, apical players, players that the radical privation to see. I deliberation Madrid has these kinds of players, similar us.
"Now it's important to support the apical players successful La Liga. So for america it's important that Madrid are strong, that Atletico is strong, and we request to beryllium there."
Barcelona person already signed possibly their astir important woody of the summer, keeping 17-year-old Spanish sensation Yamal astatine the nine connected a new six-year woody until 2031.
Yamal made his debut astatine 15 and has already made 106 appearances for the club. He was portion of Spain's European Championship-winning team, is the reigning Golden Boy and Kopa victor - awards fixed to the champion young subordinate successful the satellite - and was heavy progressive successful Barcelona's 4 El Clasico wins against Madrid this season.
All this occurrence has led him to beryllium compared to Barcelona fable Lionel Messi, wide regarded arsenic among the world's top ever players.
Deco continued: "Lamine is Lamine. Leo is Leo. Leo was the champion subordinate successful the past of this club, for me, the champion subordinate successful history.
"Everyone becomes brainsick erstwhile they spot Lamine playing football, you would wage to spell ticker him successful the stadium, he's peculiar and helium wanted to enactment due to the fact that helium believes successful the project. He deserves an improved salary.
"He's going to beryllium 1 of the champion players successful the world. We request to respect him arsenic a player, but not hide helium is 17 years old."
Deco added: "It's not casual to compare, but Lamine, successful presumption of quality, tin marque past similar Leo. But of course, to marque history, helium needs to person a bully squad down him."
Barcelona managed Messi mania and would cognize however to springiness Yamal the grade of extortion helium needs to shine.
"We effort to not fto him bash everything, because, you know, sometimes the sponsors, and everyone wants his garment oregon time," Deco continued. "Sometimes we can't power everything, but radical spot his magic, connected and disconnected the pitch.
"They privation to person a portion of him and we request to assistance him negociate that."
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