According to the "World Sports Newspaper", after the departure of Ramón Pranes, Barca do not plan to appoint a new sporting director.
Planes submitted his resignation after Xavi took charge of the Barca first team. Barca had discussed a replacement for the sporting director internally, but after considering the economic factors and the role played by the position, the management decided to keep the existing staffing structure unchanged.
Currently, Barça's top brass, who specialize in the first-team work, include Football Director Mateu Alleimani, Sports Consultant and Director of International Football Affairs Jordi Cruyff, Technical Support and de Koek, who is most familiar with the Brazilian market. The three of them, plus Xavi, will be involved in the decision-making of all Barça teams, and they will report directly to Vice-President Rafa-Yust.
(Kikoku)
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