Deco's unexpected trip to Portugal three days before the transfer market closes

Once the match between Rayo Vallecano and FC Barcelona (1-2) was over, the sporting director of the Blaugrana entity, Deco, did not return to Barcelona with the Blaugrana expedition, but headed to Portugal. This was reported by 'Jijantes', where they assured that the Portuguese executive landed this Wednesday, August 28 in Porto, just three days before the closing of the transfer market.

With the end of the summer window just around the corner, Can Barça still has some open folders in terms of departures, with Ansu Fati, Pablo Torre or Eric García as the main protagonists of them. In addition, in the offices of the Spotify Camp Nou they remain awaiting the resolution of the different economic and salary margin problems in order to close some arrival, with the hope placed on a left winger and, if possible, a central defender.

Now, with Marc Bernal's serious injury, rumours about the arrival of a reinforcement for the pivot have grown over the last few hours, since the position is seriously 'reduced' by the losses of the youth player, Frenkie de Jong and Andreas Christensen. However, the director's trip to Portuguese lands is due to personal reasons and not to any market movement by the Catalan institution, according to 'Mundo Deportivo'.

The great absentee from the Champions League draw

Due to the amount of pending work in the final stretch of the summer, Deco will not be present at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco next Thursday, August 29, starting at 6:00 p.m., where the draw for the group stage of the 24/25 Champions League will be held. In the absence of the Portuguese, Rafa Yuste, vice-president, and Bojan Krkic, member of the sports commission, will be the representatives of the club and it is expected that one of them will analyse the rivals that Barça will have in the top continental competition at the conclusion of the event.