Deco in Lisbon seeking reinforcements, Sporting star on Barca 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 newspaper ‘SPORT’. However, the clubs or agents the former Portugal international will meet during his stay in the Portuguese capital are not known.

Barcelona are looking for alternatives given the difficulties encountered in the Julián Álvarez deal. Among the strikers recently linked with the club are Benfica’s Vangelis Pavlidis and Sporting’s Luis Suárez, although sources from the Catalan club have already denied interest in the Colombian to the Spanish press.

Fabrizio Romano had placed the name of the Lions’ 'number 97' on Barcelona’s shortlist, presenting Suárez as one of the options should the move for Julián Álvarez fail to go through. Deco’s trip to Lisbon now once again fuels attention around 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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