Deco heads to Lisbon for reinforcements, Sporting star on Barcelona's list | OneFootball

Deco, Barcelona’s sporting director, traveled to Lisbon this Friday with the signing of a new striker as one of his priorities. The trip comes at a time when Luis Suárez, Sporting’s center forward, has been one of the names linked with the Catalan club.

The information about the trip was first reported by radio station ‘RAC 1’ and confirmed by the newspaper ‘SPORT’. However, the clubs or agents the former Portugal international will meet with during his time in the Portuguese capital are not known.

Barcelona are looking for alternatives due to the difficulties encountered in the Julián Álvarez case. Among the forwards recently linked with the club are Benfica’s Vangelis Pavlidis and Luis Suárez of Sporting, although sources close to the Catalan club have already denied to the Spanish press any interest in the Colombian.

Fabrizio Romano had placed the name of the Lions’ ‘number 97’ on Barcelona’s list, presenting Suárez as one of the possibilities if the move for Julián Álvarez did not go through. Deco’s trip to Lisbon now once again draws attention to the options available in Portuguese football, although there is no indication of a meeting with Sporting.

Barcelona want to resolve the striker issue quickly, with the transfer market approaching its decisive stage. As for Suárez, Sporting still count on the forward and have not, so far, received any official offer from the Catalan club.

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