Former Barcelona player and coach Carles Rexach and ex-AC Milan director Ariedo Braida have been named as part of a new Blaugrana Football Area Technical Commission, which will take on tasks previously carried out by recently sacked sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta.
Zubizarreta was fired by Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu last month, with his two assistants Narcis Julia and Albert Valentin also departing. Former club captain Carles Puyol, meanwhile, also left his backroom role at the Camp Nou at the same time.
Bartomeu has opted against naming like-for-like replacements, and instead instigated a new structure which sees the return of Rexach -- a close ally of former Barca player and coach Johan Cruyff, who was also involved in the signing of Lionel Messi as a youngster.
An official club statement has confirmed the appointments of Rexach as well as Braida, who worked for 30 years at Milan and has been credited with building the all-conquering Rossoneri team of the late-1980s and early-1990s.
"Carles Rexach and Ariedo Braida officially joined for the Football Area Technical Commission at a signing at the club offices with president Josep Maria Bartomeu on Thursday morning," the statement read.
"The commission is charged with planning next season and Carles Rexach's knowledge of the club's footballing model and its academy, together with Ariedo Braida's depth of experience of the international market, should be a guarantee of success. The commission's work will be co-ordinated by first-team coach Luis Enrique and academy director Jordi Roura."
Braida, who left his position as Milan director general in 2013, told Mundo Deportivo that he is delighted to now be working at the "biggest club in the world."
"To join Barca is fantastic," Braida said. "I am at the biggest club in the world. There is no other like it in Europe, I am sure of that. Barca has the culture of a great club, without that you cannot work."
Also on the four-man commission are current Barca directors Jordi Mestre and Javier Bordas, who both come from a successful business background but have no playing or coaching experience.
The make-up of the panel could change, however, following presidential elections this summer at the Camp Nou.
While the Catalan club have been banned by FIFA from bringing in new players until January 2016, tasks on the agenda will include current player contracts, future squad planning, the development of youth players and dealing with the coaching staff at all levels.
The first issue is likely to be whether to offer a new contract to right-back Dani Alves, whose current deal expires in the summer, and whose agent has recently suggested he would like to stay at the Camp Nou.
Looking further forward, Mundo Deportivo claims that Braida will work on bringing Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba to the club, as well as Paris Saint-Germain's Marco Verratti.