As Catalunya Ràdio reported in its Tot Costa program, Laporta has already closed the incorporation of Jordi Cruyff as Barça's new sports director. Jordi will be just below Mateu Alemany in the new organization chart of Barça, in what will mean his return to the club auzlgrana 25 years later, which coincided with that of his father. Jordi will dissociate himself from Shenzen. It remains to be known when it will arrive in Barcelona.
Jordi Cruyff held the position of sports director at AEK Larnaca and Maccabi in Tel Aviv. After training at Maccabi itself and in China (Chongqing Dandai Lifan and Shenzhen, after passing through the Ecuadorian team, he arrives at Barça. It remains to be seen now what will become of the current Barça technical secretary, Ramon Planes.