AS FILTERED BY 'MARCA'
Mateu Alemany rules out going to Aston Villa and will continue at Barça
Published:28/02/2023 - 00:47h
Updated:28/02/2023 - 00:48h
Aston Villa wanted to join Unai Emery with Mateu Alemany starting in the summer to consolidate the sports project of the Spanish coach, but the current sports director of FC Barcelona ruled out the offer to stay in Catalonia
Joan Laporta was very near to lose to his men of confidence in the FC Barcelona. As it confirmed the newspaper 'MARK', Mateu Alemany, current sportive director culé, refused an offer of the Aston Villa to work in the project that directs Unai Emery. The club of Birmingham wants to arm a new plantel in summer with an important investment and the Catalan executive was the elected to lead it, but Alemany preferred to remain in Catalonia.
Beside Jordi Cruyff and Rafa Yuste, Alemany has commissioned to lead the negotiations that have allowed to manage the exit of 17 players and fichar to other 8 reinforcements from the arrival of Xavi Hernández to the bench. In this sentdio, the technician egarense has elogiado the work of Mateu, to the one who considers like an expert in the area, further of have not been able to fichar to anybody in the last market.
In addition to 'happen' of the succulent offer of the Aston Villa, remains clear the commitment of Mateu with a Barça in serious problems with the 'fair play' financial of LaLiga. Unlike the English group, the team blaugrana prepares for a difficult summer regarding market refers , conditioned by the need to recess 200 million euros in mass salarial to be able to close the renewals of men like Ronald Araújo, Gavi and Alejandro Balde.
In accordance with the information filtered by 'MARK', the Aston Villa pretended to bend him the wage to Mateu Alemany to carry him to Birmingham and finalise his agreement with the Barça a year before the planned. The 'peasant' are satisfied with the work made by Unai Emery until the moment, but know that the Basque technician needs reinforcements to give the jump of quality in the 2023/24, once confirm the permanence of the club in the Premier League.
The confidence in Xavi, key in the decision of Mateu
For the sportive director culé, the confidence in the project that heads Xavi Hernández has been determinant for descartar go out of the club. The possibility to close the season with a triplete domestic reinforces the security in the cycle of the egarense, further of the bad face showed in Europe. To his time, the míster of Terrassa also has clear the importance of the work of the directive to recover the stray greatness. In front of the adversity, trust the work done up to now is the best form to reach the aims fixed, with LaLiga like priority.
