Barcelona sporting director Deco has responded to recent transfer speculation linking his club with a move for Manchester United wonderkid JJ Gabriel.
The highly-rated 15-year-old is attracting a lot of headlines at the moment as he’s widely reported to want out of Manchester United as he approaches his 16th birthday.
Gabriel has become one of the most highly regarded prospects in Man Utd’s academy, but it looks like the club have been dealt a significant blow as he doesn’t want to continue there.
It was recently reported by Give Me Sport that Gabriel had been in Barcelona for transfer talks, but other major European clubs have also been linked.
Deco on JJ Gabriel transfer speculation
Now journalist Ben Jacobs has spoken to Barcelona chief Deco about the links with Gabriel, and the former Portugal international seemed to distance himself and his club from the player.
“There’s nothing to say about this boy. It’s normal we always have players linked with us. There’s a huge market for that, even when they [players] are young,” Deco said, as quoted by Jacobs on his official X page.
?? Spoke to Deco on Barcelona’s reported interest in JJ Gabriel. “There’s nothing to say about this boy. It’s normal we always have players linked with us. There’s a huge market for that, even when they [players] are young.
“We are not interested in any player in his situation.… pic.twitter.com/E84ZwdkQjd
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) September 24, 2026
”We are not interested in any player in his situation. I am not sure what’s happening, and if he’s still a Manchester United player. We are not involved in that.
”First of all, we need to understand how the situation is before we try to do something. And to speak about young, teenage players, it is not our business.”
It will be interesting to see if anything more concrete follows soon, but for now this perhaps suggest there’s nothing close to being decided on the teenager’s future.
Christian Falk on JJ Gabriel to Bayern Munich links
Meanwhile, Christian Falk recently covered Bayern Munich’s interest in Gabriel in his column for CF Bayern Insider.
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