BARÇA WAS LEFT WITHOUT LEFT-HANDED LATERS
The 3 left backs that Barça asked about after Balde's 'KO'
Published:30/01/2024 - 00:15h
Updated:30/01/2024 - 03:06h
The injuries of Marcos Alonso and Alejandro Balde led FC Barcelona to 'comb' the market in search of a left back. According to 'SPORT', the club had three names on the table, without finalizing anything due to financial problems
The FC Barcelona evaluated diverse options regarding left sides after the injury of Alejandro Balde the past week. With Marcos Alonso also in the infirmary, the club sondeó alternative 'low cost' to reinforce in the wintry market, a difficult task considering the scarce margin salarial available for fichar, further of the freed by the wage of a Balde that will lose the rest of the season.
In this sense, the newspaper 'SPORT' filtered three of the names that the directive had on the table in the last days. One of them was Nicolás Tagliafico, to the one who the Barça was very near of fichar two years ago. The international Argentinian, now in the Olympique Lyon, has showed good level in France in spite of the terrible season of the 'lions', by which had been an interesting alternative, although the Lyon hardly would have left him go out to loan.
"In the last market of winter had it closed with the club. It was missing that the two clubs put of agreement between them and did not give . The Ajax do not know if it wanted to 4 or 5 million euros by a traspaso, and the Barça wanted a conveyance with option to buy, but my club was not had. The markets of winter are short and complicated", explained Tagliafico on the interest of the Barça in an interview for the chain 'BE'. Finally, the defender of 31 years left to the Olympique in the summer of 2022 in return of 4.2 million euros, signing until 2025.
Pervis Estupiñán And Jonny Otto, other options for the Barça
Other names sondeados by the directive were the ones of Pervis Estupiñán and Jonny Otto. The Spanish defender fichó this week by the PAOK Greek after terminating agreement with the Wolverhampton. In spite of having paid 21 'kilos' to the Athletic of Madrid in January of 2019, the 'Wolves' decided to leave him go because of the scarce leadership that had in all the 2023.
In the case of Estupiñán, the ecuadorian has surpassed his physical problems with the Brighton in the last weeks, by which the negotiation resulted very complex for the Barça. The ex defender of the Villarreal has agreement with the 'seagulls' until June of 2027 and hardly would go out by less than 35 million euros, his current value in Transfermarkt.
