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La Liga leaders Barcelona has been linked with Manchester Metropolis ace Erling Haaland and Sporting CP front-man Viktor Gyokeres in current 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 desirous to bolster their assault forward of the 2025-26 season, as present first-choice center-forward Lewandowski might be 37 when the following 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 objectives in 16 appearances in all competitions, the Swede has 23 objectives and 4 assists to his title in 18 appearances throughout tournaments. Haaland’s future at Metropolis is reportedly a bit of dicey, as Pep Guardiola is more likely to depart on the finish of the 2024-25 season. Gyokeres, in the meantime, is poised to take the following 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 now have to know if Haaland is what we would like for the long run. We don’t know that now. In the meanwhile we don’t need any 9.
“We’ve got Robert. We’re not 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 are going to contemplate 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 objectives for a very long time in Portugal, we all know him in addition to others, however he isn’t our precedence immediately, nor are we searching for a 9 to interchange Robert.
“We wish Lewandowski to proceed to be completely satisfied, scoring objectives and at the very least to proceed for another season. We’ve got received issues and he’s completely satisfied to be right here.”
Lewandowski has recaptured his type from Bayern Munich days underneath Hansi Flick. The Poland worldwide has performed 17 video games for the reason that begin of the season, scoring 19 objectives and offering two assists. His contract with the Blaugrana runs till June 30, 2026.
