FC Barcelona | The planes confirm that Balde was close to Getafe this summer
The Getafe technical director, who had a recent stint at Barça, has assured that they tested the player and the club and that the agreement was not far away
His great preseason and a spectacular Gamper, together with the late signing of Marcos Alonso, made Xavi bet on having him
It is one of the names of the moment. Alejandro Balde, brand new World Cup player with Spain for QatarHe is in the best moment of his career. At the age of 19 he will live the great dream of any footballer. His first absolute call will be to play the most important competition in the world. But everything could be different if this summer things had happened differently.
Ramón Planes, former technical director of FC Barcelona and currently at Getafe, has confirmed in the ‘Onze’ of Esport 3 that this summer the side of Dominican origin was close to joining Getafe. “I have a very good relationship with him and his family. This summer we were very attentive. We followed Marcos Alonso’s soap opera very closely. I took advantage of that personal relationship to say that we liked it a lot. There was the possibility that Barça, As he did with Nico and Abde, he would like a way out to look for minutes. But everything changed,” says Planes.
UN GREAT GAMPER
“In football there are all moments. It is true that all this derived from the Marcos issue had a lot to do. With Marcos and Jordi Alba Xavi had two very good full-backs. But Xavi wanted to bet on him. He played a very good Gamper and the coach he realized that he was at a high level”, he added.