Barcelona director Deco’s next objectives: completing four key contract renewals – report

FC Barcelona closed the summer transfer window with key gains, including the arrival of several star players and the departure of unwanted first-team stars.

Newly appointed sporting director Deco played a crucial role in helping Barcelona achieve their targets throughout the summer.

Deco’s next objectives

A recent report from MARCA has listed out the next set of objectives as he continues to get a grip on Barcelona’s day-to-day activities.

As per the report, Deco’s top targets include the renewal of several first-team stars including Lamine Yamal, Alejandro Balde and Frenkie de Jong.

This comes shortly after Barcelona announced the renewal of Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The club are now ready to renew these other stars, including de Jong.

The Dutchman has grown in stature over the past 12 months, but Barcelona want him to sign a new contract with a more balanced wage package.

Balde and Yamal, too, are two of the Barcelona youngsters who have shown a lot of promise and the club are keen on tying them down to long-term contracts.

A contract agreement for the pair is already understood to be in place and only the final formalities are pending before everything is made official.

Renewal of Xavi another key objective

Deco is not only focusing on the renewal of first-team stars, the Brazilian is also keen on finalising the contract renewal of Xavi Hernandez.

Much like the situation with Balde and Yamal, an agreement with the 43-year-old tactician is said to be in place and an official announcement could arrive as early as this week.

Contrary to what had been reported in the past, Xavi will be signing only a one-year extension until 2025 but with a sizeable increase in his salary.