La Liga leaders Barcelona has been linked with Manchester Metropolis ace Erling Haaland and Sporting CP front-man Viktor Gyokeres in latest months. Addressing these rumors, Sporting Director Deco mentioned the membership was not available in the market for a center-forward, as Robert Lewandowski was doing a cracking job.
In response to experiences, Barcelona are desperate to bolster their assault forward of the 2025-26 season, as present first-choice center-forward Lewandowski might be 37 when the subsequent marketing campaign will get underway. Manchester Metropolis goalmachine Haaland and in-form Sporting dynamite Gyokeres are reportedly the 2 gamers on Barca’s radar.
Each Haaland and Gyokeres have been firing on all cylinders this season. Whereas the Norwegian has scored 15 targets in 16 appearances in all competitions, the Swede has 23 targets and 4 assists to his identify in 18 appearances throughout tournaments. Haaland’s future at Metropolis is reportedly slightly dicey, as Pep Guardiola is prone to depart on the finish of the 2024-25 season. Gyokeres, in the meantime, is poised to take the subsequent step after bossing the Primeira Liga within the final couple of seasons.
Deco Says Barcelona Is Solely Targeted on the Current with Robert Lewandowski
In an interview with Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo, Deco addressed the hyperlinks with Haaland and Gyokeres.
The ex-Portugal star mentioned (by way of Sports activities Mole):
“First, we’ve got to know if Haaland is what we would like for the long run. We don’t know that now. For the time being we don’t need any 9.
“Now we have Robert. We aren’t planning something with any ‘9’. When the time involves decide, I’ve to make it as a result of I’m the one on the membership. We’ll take into account the choices, however I don’t assume that is the time to speak about any participant.”
On Gyokeres, he added:
“He is an effective participant, he has been scoring targets for a very long time in Portugal, we all know him in addition to others, however he’s not our precedence right this moment, nor are we in search of a 9 to interchange Robert.
“We wish Lewandowski to proceed to be blissful, scoring targets and no less than to proceed for yet another season. Now we have gained issues and he’s blissful to be right here.”
Lewandowski has recaptured his type from Bayern Munich days below Hansi Flick. The Poland worldwide has performed 17 video games for the reason that begin of the season, scoring 19 targets and offering two assists. His contract with the Blaugrana runs till June 30, 2026.
