Deco reveals Barcelona stance on Erling Haaland transfer
Deco reveals Barcelona stance on Erling Haaland transfer. Barcelona sporting director Deco has claimed the club are not currently looking to recruit a new striker like Erling Haaland or Viktor Gyokeres as they are happy with Robert Lewandowski.
Lewandowski has scored the most goals of any player in Europe’s top five leagues so far this season, with 14 La Liga strikes so far, also finding the back of the net five times in the Champions League.
Haaland has scored just two fewer goals in league action and has been linked as a possible addition to the Barca frontline in the future, while red hot form Swedish sensation Gyokeres already has 23 efforts in all competitions in 2024/25, including a famous hat-trick in Sporting CP’s stunning victory over Manchester City.
With Lewandowski turning 37 next August, Barca will need to recruit in a new goal-getter at some point in the near future. Deco, however, has claimed that such stage has not yet been reached.
He told Mundo Deportivo:
“First we have to know whether Haaland is what we want for the future. We don’t know that now.
“At the moment we don’t want any ‘nine.’ We have Robert. We are not planning anything with any ‘nine’. It’s not a priority because we have to focus on this season.
“Gyokeres is a good player. He has been scoring goals for some time in Portugal. We know him as we know others, but it’s not a priority for us right now.
“When the time comes to make a decision and I have to make it because I am the one at the club, we will consider the options. But I don’t think it’s the right time to talk about any player.
“I think it’s very difficult to find a striker like Robert nowadays. There are one or two of this level. Maybe Haaland or another one. There are not so many of this level available.
“But we are not going to get hung up on finding any striker now because we are going to focus first on what Robert can do. I surely think he is happy to be here. He is a winner and if we have a big season I think he will want to stay.
“We want Robert to continue to be happy, to score goals and to stay at least one more season.”
