Successes and failures in a decade of Cury and Barcelona LaLiga Santander - FC Barcelona Some strange signings

Andre Cury is someone who has been involved at Barcelona for a decade.

He is the man responsible for looking through the Brazilian market in search of players to bring to the Camp Nou.

In recent days he has become a story because of the alleged 6.6 million euros he received as part of Neymar's move to Paris Saint-Germain, though Barcelona deny the reports.

However, the club have not denied that he had a commission of three percent for the sale of the superstar who signed in 2013 by Sandro Rosell, a fact which in itself is serious.

Cury, a person with significant association with Neymar and his father, had a clause that almost invited Neymar to be put on the market when his job was to try to keep him in Catalonia.

This presented a conflict.

His relationship with Barcelona is puzzling too and the club have spent a fortune, beginning in 2008 when they signed Henrique for eight million euros and Keirrison a year later for 14m.

Both players were represented by the company owned by Cury, meaning they took in 22m for two players who never played an official match for Barcelona.

Two inexplicable moves.

Years later he became an employee of the club with the aim of bringing Neymar in.

He completed the move in what was one of the most controversial deals in football.

This happened in 2013 and since then he has continued to work for the club, periodically helping them sign players from Brazil.

He was instrumental in their signing of Douglas, who was not at the level to play for Barcelona and saw another four million wasted.

In 2015 they spent another four million for a preferential option on Gerson, who later signed for Roma and it was never made clear if Fluminense returned the money.

Not everything has been a mistake though and Cury recommended the signings of Yerry Mina and Marlon, who gave Barcelona interesting benefits.

He was also key in signing Arthur for 31 million and, so far, shows promise.

In the last communication from the club they indicated that he had an important role in Philippe Coutinho's arrival, as well as Paulinho's, which came as a surprise because both had been playing outside of Brazil for so long.