Deco: Barcelona must play a game for the best Messi in the team history. Yamal and Messi are completely different

Barcelona sports director Deko reviewed the current situation of the club in an interview with the media and talked about Messi and Yamal.

You have been teammates with Messi. How do you evaluate his relationship with Barcelona? Will a tribute competition be held for him in the future?

You can't talk about Barcelona without talking about Messi. He is the best player in club history. You can't talk about Barcelona when you talk about his career. This is inevitable and natural. We have to play a game for him, I don't know when it is, but it has to be held.

He is the best player in club history and has maintained a level that is nearly impossible to maintain for years. It is obvious that Messi's existence cannot be separated from Barcelona and vice versa. We have to do something and will do it in the future. As for Ronaldinho's influence on him? Messi's existence does not need to rely on anyone. Yamal, the rising star of the

club, has attracted much attention. How do you evaluate him?

He has that special talent, that kind of innate talent. There was Ronaldinho and there was Messi. There is always the kind of player that attracts everyone. Yamal has that impressive thing. You walk into the stadium just to see him play football. So I think he has that halo, yes. I think he is a player who can create an era.

The outside world often compares Yamal with Messi when he was young.

In football, comparison is normal and reasonable. People who like football will compare him with players he remembers. So this comparison is normal, even within the club, because they are in the same position and are now wearing No. 10. But they are different. I think Yamal is a completely different kid from Messi.

Messi has different life stories, they grew up in different years, and he handles stress in different ways. In our daily life, he is very normal. He is a very likable 18-year-old boy and we treat him no differently.

Several Barcelona players were shortlisted for the Golden Ball candidate. What do you think this means?

I think when there are players who are considered to award this type of award, it is a signal that we are doing very well on a collective level. If Barcelona hadn't achieved that in various competitions, there might not have been any players competing for any individual awards. This is also positive, as it shows that the club has regained its ability to attract global attention. I think this is something Barcelona need to regain.

What do you expect from the team’s future after a huge success last season?

It is often said that it is easy to create a year of history, but it is difficult to create history for many years. This requires perseverance. I think yes, this generation, our team, has that ability and talent. When we watch them train every day, we can feel that they have ambitions and what we football people call "hunger". It's great that they can compete for these awards, but always remember that it's the collective effort that will allow them to compete for this award year after year.

source:7n cm