Confirmed: Barcelona reach five-year collaboration agreement with Brazilian club

Confirmed: Barcelona reach five-year collaboration agreement with Brazilian club Since taking over as the sporting director at Barcelona, Deco has strived to improve the club’s connections in Brazil to improve their access to the up-and-coming talents in the South American nation. In that regard, the Blaugrana have now reached a five-year agreement with Sfera FC over collaboration for player development. All you need to know about Sfera FC Sfera FC is an outfit based in Jarinu, in the interiors of Sao Paulo founded in 2021. It is a youth development club with both boys’ and girls’ team and has carved out quite an impressive reputation in a short time. Indeed, Sfera FC’s work across its U11 to U19 teams has already produced significant sporting success. In 2025, the club’s U17 side won the Campeonato Paulista title, one of the most demanding youth competitions in Brazil. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sfera Futebol Clube (@sferafc) The Brazilian club also boasts of outstanding training facilities and and is regarded as one of the finest youth centres in South America. In fact, in 2023, Sfera FC was awarded the Brazilian Football Confederation’s (CBF) official training club certificate. This accreditation is reserved for Brazil’s leading youth development organisations and recognises excellence in academy work. Barcelona get priority access to talents Deco, having been familiar with their work and reputation, has now engineered an agreement between Barcelona and Sfera FC. Under the arrangement, Barcelona will have priority access to players developed at Sfera FC. Those identified as potential targets will be brought to La Masia , where the Blaugrana coaching staff will assess them before deciding on whether to sign them permanently. In return, the Brazilian academy will retain a share of the players’ rights and receive a percentage of any future transfer operations. Deco led the operation from Barcelona’s side. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Following the development, Deco highlighted the reason for the agreement with Sfera FC, saying: “Brazil is one of the world’s leading producers of footballers; therefore, we firmly believe in the benefits of having a partner that enhances the recruitment of young Brazilian talent for Barcelona. “We have identified in Sfera a modern system for recruiting and training athletes, which is why we decided to establish this alliance, which now allows us to optimize talent acquisition and the exchange of knowledge.” Meanwhile, Gustavo Aranha, CEO of Sfera FC, expressed his delight at the agreement with Barça, as he said: “We are extremely proud and excited about this partnership with Barcelona. “It is very motivating to see that the world’s leading authority in the development of young footballers endorses the work we do, even though we have only been operating for four years.”  Source: Mundo Deportivo