Barcelona sporting head Deco denies nan nine person financial problems and says they do not request to waste players - contempt La Liga's restrictive financial controls.
Deco, 47, has overseen a revival of Barcelona since his assignment successful 2023, culminating successful a home treble while besides reaching nan semi-finals of nan Champions League.
The Catalans person renewed nan contracts of superstar teen Lamine Yamal, Raphinha and head Hansi Flick, while they were cleared by Spain's National Sports Council (CSD) to registry midfielder Dani Olmo amid a conflict pinch La Liga.
When asked whether nan world should spot Barcelona arsenic a well-run nine successful 2025, Deco told BBC Sport: "Barcelona is my club, I emotion Barcelona. I saw what happened from nan extracurricular and ever thought I could thief put Barca astatine nan aforesaid precocious level.
"I knew it would beryllium difficult erstwhile I joined pinch nan financial rules - it is not a financial problem, but nan financial adjacent play rules successful Spain are much difficult than nan Premier League and successful different countries.
"It is simply a problem for a batch of clubs, you conscionable perceive astir Barca because we are a large club. You request to activity pinch it, spot really you tin amended nan squad and nan operation of La Masia [academy] players and knowledgeable players has been important."
The erstwhile Portugal midfielder, who played for nan Catalans - arsenic good arsenic Chelsea and Porto - stresses Barcelona are happy moving pinch La Liga but person religion nan rules will proceed to improve.
Even if they do not, Barcelona are excited to person "one of nan biggest contracts successful history" pinch Nike, and nan recently renovated 100,000-seater Nou Camp will beryllium nan biggest stadium successful Europe and amended revenues.
He insists Barcelona will "not waste our champion players", adding nan team's caller occurrence intends they tin "grow pinch galore of nan aforesaid players". But he says they are successful looking for "two, 3 aliases 4 signings", without needing to participate nan marketplace "like crazy" acknowledgment to nan stableness astatine nan halfway of nan team.
When asked if it includes nan action of signing Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, thought to beryllium disposable for £40m, aliases Liverpool's Luis Diaz, he added: "We person been focusing connected renewing contracts, aft that, we'll talk players to come.
"Of course, these 2 players, for illustration you mentioned, they are bully but person contracts successful their clubs, truthful we won't speak because it's not fair. But erstwhile you determine to spell to nan market, for sure, we find immoderate names. In my opinion, we don't request to bring galore players."
He added: "When I speak pinch nan agents of nan players, everyone wants to travel aliases stay. So this is important. The image of nan nine is still good. We are proud because Barcelona is still specified a large club, and nan measurement we are playing shot makes players want to come."
Deco is alert of nan changeless threat of Real Madrid, who will look to amended nether caller caput coach Xabi Alonso.
They person besides agreed deals for right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, who will time off Liverpool, and Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen. Benfica left-back Alvaro Carreras is understood to beryllium adjacent connected nan club's shortlist.
"Next play is not going to beryllium easy, because I cognize that first Real Madrid has a batch of apical players," he said. "In my sentiment they person a large team. They person a batch of awesome players. Of people they want to improve.
"It's very important to person a beardown Madrid. It's very important to person beardown players, apical players, players that nan group want to see. I deliberation Madrid has these kinds of players, for illustration us.
"Now it's important to support nan apical players successful La Liga. So for america it's important that Madrid are strong, that Atletico is strong, and we request to beryllium there."
Barcelona person already signed possibly their astir important woody of nan summer, keeping 17-year-old Spanish sensation Yamal astatine nan nine connected a new six-year woody until 2031.
Yamal made his debut astatine 15 and has already made 106 appearances for nan club. He was portion of Spain's European Championship-winning team, is nan reigning Golden Boy and Kopa victor - awards fixed to nan champion young subordinate successful nan world - and was heavy progressive successful Barcelona's 4 El Clasico wins against Madrid this season.
All this occurrence has led him to beryllium compared to Barcelona fable Lionel Messi, wide regarded arsenic among nan world's top ever players.
Deco continued: "Lamine is Lamine. Leo is Leo. Leo was nan champion subordinate successful nan history of this club, for me, nan champion subordinate successful history.
"Everyone becomes crazy erstwhile they spot Lamine playing football, you would salary to spell watch him successful nan stadium, he's typical and he wanted to enactment because he believes successful nan project. He deserves an improved salary.
"He's going to beryllium 1 of nan champion players successful nan world. We request to respect him arsenic a player, but not hide he is 17 years old."
Deco added: "It's not easy to compare, but Lamine, successful position of quality, tin make history for illustration Leo. But of course, to make history, he needs to person a bully squad down him."
Barcelona managed Messi mania and would cognize really to springiness Yamal nan grade of protection he needs to shine.
"We effort to not fto him do everything, because, you know, sometimes nan sponsors, and everyone wants his garment aliases time," Deco continued. "Sometimes we can't power everything, but group spot his magic, connected and disconnected nan pitch.
"They want to person a portion of him and we request to thief him negociate that."