Deco: 'It's not true that L. Yamalis asked for the highest salary at Barcelona'

2025-05-22 17:06 © scanpix

“Barcelona” club's sports director Deco mentioned the situation of the team's goalkeepers, the incorrect rumors about Lamine Yamal's salary demand, Ronaldo Araujo's future, other teams' wingers, and Nico Williams:

“We want Wojciech Szczesny and Marc-André ter Stegen to stay with this team.

It is true that if we think about other or even additional years, we would have to look for another goalkeeper. We also have talented players in this position at the “La Masia” academy, so we could give them chances.”

“L. Yamal did not demand the highest salary in this team. That is not true.

He just wants to be happy here, that’s exactly what the Spanish player and his agent told us.”

“We are satisfied with R. Araujo. The Uruguayan is happy here, so there are no questions about his future.”

“We like Luis Diaz, as well as Marcus Rashford... We also like other wingers.

We cannot talk about players who have contracts with other teams.”

“N. Williams is a great player... But last summer, Dani Olmo was very eager to come to “Barca”, showed confidence in this project, so it was easier for us to reach an agreement with the Spaniard.

Nico Williams did not do that.”

Lamine Yamal will be able to extend his contract with “Barcelona” when he turns 18.