The sports director of Barcelona rated various names from the past, the present and the future alongside Romario.
Deco was the guest in the program Cara A Cara, organized by former footballer Romario. The sports director of Barcelona, on the Barcelona training field, was not about the current transfer market, but he mentioned some remarkable names from the past, present and future: Lamine, Messi, Cristiano, Raphinha … “Lamine is a phenomenon,” the Portuguese player claimed.
“Being the best in the world depends on him. He will be in Barça in the coming years, who competes at the highest level, in the Champions League, in La Liga … Compete with Real Madrid and the big clubs. I also say this for the Spanish national team, which will shine in tournaments. Player,” he added.
Another remarkable figure was Mourinho. “At that time he was a revolutionary. He did things in training that the opponent would put out of place,” he explained. He also looked back on his time as a Barça player. “The Barcelona team for which I played was technically very good; that was the feeling that I had on the field. I inherited the generation of the 90s, yours, Cruyff's, then Messi, Iniesta and Xavi came,” he remembered.
Deco excluded Ronaldinho and said that Messi is the most complete football player and he emphasized the desire of Cristiano Ronaldo to constantly learn. In fact, he claimed that CR7 initially did not make any mistakes.
World Cup predictions
Finally, Deco also dared to make a prediction for the World Cup 2026. The sports director of Barcelona Porting Director praised La Roja. “Spain is currently the best organized team. One of the World Cup favorites is Spain. Argentina is always a favorite, with a very strong coach. And after these two, the most important, I would set Brazil, France, Portugal and a Germany,” he said.