Barcelona have appointed former Milan sporting director Ariedo Braida to a new technical committee to help oversee planning for the first team, the La Liga club said.

Braida will join Carles Rexach, a former Barca player and coach, vice president Jordi Mestre and director Javier Bordas on the committee, the Catalan giants said.

The club are creating the new body, which will work closely with coach Luis Enrique, following the sacking last month of Andoni Zubizarreta from his post as director of football.

Zubizarreta’s record in the transfer market was generally poor and he was blamed for failing to strengthen the defence.

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