Bayern leaves Barça without Ljubo Puljic, 'pearl' of Croatian football

To the FC Barcelona has escaped him a new 'perla' of the European football the Wednesday after the signing of Ljubo Puljic by the Bayern Munich. The Bavarians oficializaron the arrival of the player of 16 years, the one who precisely fulfilled years on 31 May, after reaching an agreement with the NK Osijek Croatian by a mount that rondaría the million of euros, according to estimates of the German press.

The defender contested three parties in first division (270 minutes) this season, although it happened the greater part of the 2022/23 with the filial Sub-17 of the Osijek. The Barça was attentive to the future of the of Vinkovci, whose agreement finalised in 2024. Also the Borussia Dortmund and the Juventus had showed interest in the youngster, but the group muniqués closed his traspaso while they await by the arrival of the Austrian Konrad Laimer (26 years), the one who would arrive free pertinent of the RB Leipzig.

The Bayern ensures one of the central with better projection

Although hardly it fulfilled 16 years, Puljic has stood out by his physical and technical characteristics like a central with an enormous projection. "Ljubo Is a strong defence and with a big mentality. Always it leaves everything in the field and besides, has character. We are very happy that ours network of observers, headed by Florian Zahn, have been able to attract it", said the sportive director of the FC Bayern Campus, Halil Antintop.

With this, the ones of Munich ensure a good reinforcement for his subsidiary and, in principle, the Croat would have to have some minutes in the Bundesliga with the first team in the 2023/24. The exits of Hasan Salihamidzic and Oliver Kahn of the Bavarian directive auguran an intense summer in the German group, that for the moment only would have safe the continuity of Thomas Tuchel in the bench, after remaining of form agónica with the Bundesliga.