Once upon a time there was news that a contract was signed with a football player. barça. And now the news is that he could be booked and strangled while the club is in this financial crisis that depends on salary ‘fair play’ and restricts his movements.
And in the purest ‘Laportian’ style, This season’s star transfer is Vitor Roque (made last summer and not yet officially presented) boarded the plane en route to the Canary Islands. Summoned by Xavi. His name was on the list of 21 selected players. But he was the only one with an asterisk to his right: ‘Waiting for registration’. The Brazilian player should take advantage of the salary gap created by Gavi’s serious injury.
This asterisk disappeared at 21:00, when LaLiga announced on its official website that the new transfer to Barça had been registered. It is the most expensive this season because it cost Barça 30 million plus 31 million in variables.
Even this is no longer news for Barça, which lives on the edge at every market close and does not know whether its coach Xavi will be able to line up against the team at the Gran Canaria stadium this Thursday. Garcia Pimienta. And now all the paperwork is in order.
The pulse is already routinely taken in LaLiga offices, right down to the player (it doesn’t matter whether he is there or not). Koundé in the summer of 2022 or Gavi, Araujo, Marcos Alonso, Sergi Roberto, Gündogan, Oriol Romeu or Iñaki Peña), they receive the legal document that allows them to practice their profession. The Brazilian arrived in Las Palmas mid-flight.
President’s approval
The same situation happened to Vitor Roque in the last hours of the summer market. Iñigo Martínez, João Félix and João CanceloEven the president’s approval was needed.
The method used at the time in Koundé. Vitor Roque has been in Barcelona for a week. And he made time for almost everything, training in culé diving with his compatriot Raphinha. “He guided the team like Araujo, who speaks Portuguese,” said Xavi.
He was able to see the Olympic mountain – one of his first photographs was taken there with the city of Barcelona behind him – visit the Museum temporarily located on the old Gel Circuit, and also go to the Barça Café. and Barça Store.
He also participated in traditional hospital visits. Vitor Roque went to Vall D’Hebron with Raphinha, of course Lewandowski and Gündoğan. And Xavi has had it big time before. As soon as he passed through the locker room door, he embraced the ‘nine’ with love and complicity.
’19’ by Kessié, Ferran and ‘Kun
It even has a back. He will wear ’19’, which was previously worn by Kessié, Ferran Torres and ‘Kun’ Agüero. Matheus Fernandes (Remember the unknown Brazilian who cost 8 million euros and barely played 17 minutes?), Braithwaite, Boateng, Digne, Sandro, Afellay and others. ’19’ also worn by Messi Initially (from January 2006 to summer 2008), Dani, Kluivert or Pizzi.
He had everything except permission to play. A document that arrived 24 hours before his possible debut in the league. He has a locker in the locker room between Raphinha and Lewandowski. However, the final permission has not yet come, although Xavi, who is used to this uncertainty, does not know when it will happen. Convinced that the Brazilian player can work with Lewandowski in the starting 11, the coach said, “The record is incomplete, but we hope he will be available.”
But this whole process needs to “proceed little by little”, trying to avoid taking on a responsibility that does not suit him. Xavi said, “Vitor can adapt to every position in attack. He is very young, I see him as prepared. He is in good physical condition, he takes good care of himself. We will go carefully.”
“Vitor can adapt to every position in attack. He is very young, I see that he is prepared. He has a good physique and took very good care of himself. We will be cautious.”
There are two parts in that plan that will facilitate this descent process in European football. One is off the field. This is Bojan. The other coexists indoors and in the daily life of the locker room. It was Raphinha. “We have Bojan who can help him perfectly in this adaptation,” the coach said.
Xavi was referring to the figure of the former Barca player in the sports management team led by Deco, who plays the role of connecting with loanees or assisting youngsters (Vitor Roque is 18) with their sudden entry. ‘Barça universe’. Raphinha operates more in the privacy of the dressing room, with Pedri admitting to Ibai Llanos that the former Athlético Paranaense striker “smiles all day long”.
This is how he boarded the plane to Las Palmas. Unregistered, unaware of the intrigue created by his arrival, he already knows he can play this Thursday when he lands in the Canary Islands.