FC Barcelona's Director of Football, Anderson da Souza "Deco," mentioned during the members' assembly that Hansi Flick's presence has given the club confidence to make key decisions about the squad. "The coach plays a central role in this process. From the sporting department, we’ve always believed that, even without winning titles, we had a strong foundation and just needed to make the right decisions on player ins and outs," Deco said.

Deco added that he wanted to look at the B team players and make decisions accordingly. "We knew what we had in the youth system, and it took courage and belief from the coach to back that. Hansi brings that to the table. Besides believing, you have to act, and the coach is key to this process," he emphasized.

On new signings, Deco revealed that Dani Olmo was a player with a profile Barça was missing. "We have plenty of top-level midfielders, but (Olmo) gives us something different from what we already had, and that was crucial (to sign him)," he said.

He also talked about the faith they have in Pau Víctor and mentioned that bringing in Szczesny was only due to Ter Stegen’s injury. He also celebrated the return of Pablo Torre and Eric García (both loaned to Girona last season) as positive news.

Deco expressed his satisfaction with the integration of academy players into the first team, citing examples like Pau Cubarsí, Lamine Yamal, Fermín López, Marc Casadó, Marc Bernal, Héctor Fort, Gerard Martín, Sergi Domínguez, and Ander Astralaga.

To wrap things up, Deco highlighted that Barça’s squad is now valued at €944 million, according to 'Transfermarkt'—€200 million more than in the 2021-22 season—and the squad's average age is just 24.