Barcelona director Deco will hold a meeting with all club scouts this week

After navigating a stressful summer transfer window, newly-appointed Barcelona sporting director Deco will now look to lay down a roadmap for the future and build a team that can achieve the gloried heights of the past.

The former midfielder will be formally presented to the media as the club’s new sporting director this week, while the new structure of the sporting department will also be unveiled.

Deco schedules meeting with Barcelona scouts

Once that is out of the way, Deco plans to dive into his work, with several tasks already lined up, starting with completing the contract renewal of manager Xavi Hernandez.

On top of that, Deco is also believed to have called all the scouts of Barcelona for a meeting on the upcoming Wednesday.

This claim comes from journalist Jordi Cardero, who states that the former Portuguese international is keen to meet and interact with the club scouts so that they can work together to lay down the blueprint for the club’s future.

Plan is to identify and sign youth talent before others

Given the financial challenges that Barça have faced in recent years, Deco understands the importance of identifying and signing the best young talent across the globe.

Such a strategy has already been in place in recent windows, with Barça roping in exciting talents such as Pedri, Pablo Torre, and Ez Abde, although at the same time, there have been flops like Yusuf Demir and Emre Demir.

Only this summer, with Deco at the helm, Barcelona signed Vitor Roque, along with other young talents such as Mikayil Faye and Noah Darvich as well.

At a time when it is not easy for Barcelona to compete with the other European heavyweights on equal footing in terms of finances, this strategy will be key to building a successful team.

And that is something that Deco wishes to discuss with the club scouts during the meeting this week so that Barcelona emerge triumphant when it comes to the challenge of recognising and signing the best youth talents before other clubs.