Deco stressed that the Neymar deal is impossible for Barcelona

he New sports director to BarcelonaDeco Luso Brazilian, confirmed it Signing Neymar was impossible given the current financial circumstances of the team.

“Everyone knows that now, unfortunately, With our financial situation, it was impossible to carry out a contract like thatDeco said in an interview with the Brazilian portal General Electricreferring to Neymar, who announced on Tuesday that he had won Signing the Saudi Crescent.

Deco indicated that in order for Neymar to return to Barcelona, ​​the club he defended between 2013 and 2017, An agreement with Paris Saint-Germain was needed.

“This did not happen and the situation was required to make it viable due to the financial situation of the club,” added Deco, who was an advisor to Barcelona and has now assumed the position of sporting director.

Barcelona officially announced on Wednesday the appointment of Deco as their new sporting directorOn the same day it was also announced that Director of Sport Mathieu Alemany had departed.

“I’ve always helped Barcelona as an advisor since the president (Joan Laporta) was elected. The invitation came out and I considered the challenge interesting. It’s an important way to help the club at this time,” said Deco, who played between the two teams. 2004 and 2008 in the Catalan team.