Barcelona’s sporting director Deco insists the Catalan giants are not interested in signing Manchester United wonderkid JJ Gabriel.The 15-year-old winger, who has demanded to leave United, was spotted in Barcelona last week after holding talks with their arch rivals Real Madrid.It raised the prospect of a tug-of-war between the two Spanish clubs, but Deco has distanced Barca from a move for Gabriel.Speaking at a football conference in Portugal on Thursday, he insisted: ‘There’s nothing to say about this boy. It’s normal we always have players linked with us. There’s a huge market for that, even when they are young.’We are not interested in any player in his situation. I’m not sure what’s happening, and if he’s still a Manchester United player. We are not involved in that.’First of all, we need to understand how the situation is before we try to do something. To speak about young, teenage players, it is not our business.’ JJ Gabriel, 15, stunned Man United bosses when he told the club he wanted to leaveUnited were stunned by Gabriel’s request last week and have refused to rip up his registration. They still to hope to convince the youngster that his future lies at Old Trafford.But he has not been seen at the club since scoring a hat-trick on his UEFA Youth League debut against Sabah a fortnight ago and seems determined to leave.Gabriel turns 16 a week on Tuesday when he will be able to appoint an agent and join a foreign club using his Irish passport – meaning United would only receive around £300,000 in compensation.Head coach Michael Carrick insisted last week that Gabriel’s wellbeing is the most important thing regardless of his future at the club.’He’s a young boy, JJ,’ said Carrick. ‘I think the exposure and the scrutiny and everything, you’ve got to be careful and be sensible and think of him as much as anything.’So the situation will work itself out, whatever way it’s going to work itself out. Making sure he’s okay is the important thing.’