FC Barcelona have reached an agreement with Ramon Planes for him to join the Club as assistant to first team Technical Secretary, Éric Abidal.

50 year old Planes arrives from Getafe where he has been technical secretary since 2017. He has experience internationally after working with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in 2014/15.

Previously, his main experience was at Espanyol where he was technical secretary between June 2007 and May 2009 before becoming sporting director until November 2012, coinciding at the club with current Barça player Philippe Coutinho.

Planes also worked at Hospitalet (1999/03), Racing Santander (2003/05), Alaves (2005), Lleida (2006/07), Elche (2015/16) Rayo Vallecano (2016/17) before joining Getafe.