Deco comments on Barcelona's transfer period and prefers to leave behind the 'Julián Alvarez saga': 'I wish he is well'

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The novella of the midfielder and the end of the Culé chapter

The negotiation for Julián Alvarez was the main story of a busy market, but Barcelona decided to turn the page.The Argentine was the preferred target for the attack, stumbling on the refusal of the rival ATL ethical Madrid and leave an unease that still has repercussions in the relationship of the player with the Colchonera fans.

According to Deco, former player and current sports director of Barcelona, the team that started the season flying in LaLiga focuses only on the future. The statement was given to the newspaper "AS" during the Portugal Football Summit, held at Cidade do Futebol de Oeiras, Lisbon:

Julián Alvarez is past and we have to look forward. We are happy with everything else. I hope he's also well, helping his club, and that's what matters.

The original plan was to replace Lewandowski with a mobile nine.

The search for Julián was not born by chance. With the departure of Robert Lewandowski who now defends Chicago Fire, from MLS already within the club's planning, Barcelona were looking for a striker with characteristics different from the Polish one.

There was a player who, for me, is a different type of shirt 9, the best shirt 9, which is Robert Lewandowski, he gave everything but it was time for changes. The idea has always been to bring a mobile nine shirt with the ability to get along with teammates, and Julián was one of those players explained Deco.

Barcelona made an offer for the Argentine, but ATL ethical made it clear that he did not intend to negotiate.

It wasn't possible; we made an offer. The club always said they wouldn't sell it, and we had to look for other solutions.

Plan B: Gabriel Jesus as an alternative to Flick

With Julián out of reach, Barcelona turned their attention to Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian, who came with few opportunities at Arsenal, was chosen to fill the space of a mobile striker.

Gabriel Jesus wasn't in our plans and the moment we decided that Julián was impossible, we started looking for solutions, and Gabriel was the perfect option for us. He is a top-level player. He was not playing many matches at Arsenal. Sometimes when you move there is a new motivation, a new club, new teammates, so this is something important for Gabriel, and we are happy to have him with us stated the manager.

Deco also revealed that the technical committee discussed internally the possibility of Raphinha playing as a centre-forward.

Another name analyzed was Lautaro Martínez, idol and captain of Internazionale.

He is an icon of Inter, and we have a lot of respect for that.He's a fantastic player, spectacular and the captain.The moment the club told us he was not available,we didn't try to talk with him anymore.We tried to do things in a very fair and transparent way.

Where the story is now

Barcelona closes the cycle of the novel with the cast defined: Gabriel Jesus takes over the planned function, Raphinha gains an extra tactical cut under Flick, and Julián Alvarez follows in ATL ethical Madrid although the resentment of Colchonera fans with the player remains.