Saturday 18 October 2008

Asenjo candidate to be back-up for Valdés

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona is seriously interested in Real Valladolid goalkeeper and Spanish youth international Sergio Asenjo (19). The player has already been watched by Barcelona scouts three times this season (read more here).

Asked about the rumours, the player's agent Fernando Redondo is quoted as confirming the interest of Barcelona: "Asenjo is followed by Zaragoza, AC Milan, Manchester United and indeed also Barcelona. No official bid has been launched until this moment."

Barcelona would be looking for a young goalkeeper with a great future who should for now act as back-up for Víctor Valdés. Asenjo, who has a contract with Real Valldolid until the summer of 2011 and a buyout clause of 5,5 million euro°, would prefer to join a Spanish club where he can be the number one.

Asked about the rumours linking him with several clubs aongst which Barcelona, Asenjo said yesterday at a press conference that this is an extra motivation for him: "If it's true that teams like that are interested in me, it means I'm doing a good job. Personally I haven't been informed by the club or my representatives, I only know what I read in the press. It's an additional motivation to work hard and get better.

Until december I don't want to think about it. Then we can make a decision although my first option is to stay. At this moment I'm focused on Valladolid and the game we will play this weekend. Last summer I already had the chance to leave but I preferred to look at more things than only the financial side. At nineteen, you cannot ask more than the chance to play in the Liga."


Read more:
Barcelona closely following Asenjo
Looking for a goal keeper
Valladolid goalkeeper Asenjo monitored


Watch a video of Asenjo:

7 comments:

pep said...

5,5 million euro =

8 million us dollar
4 million british pound

Anonymous said...

At last! Some great news!

Hung said...

I hope that Barcas interest in the goalkeeper is not based on that youtube video, which only contains only ONE save...

Anonymous said...

Buy him and loan him out for 2 seasons to valladolid so he can play 1st team football

Anonymous said...

Interesting... a "back-up for Valdés"... very political. Valdés is still very young for a keeper... a good 7-8 years left in him. I highly doubt that their looking to Asenjo to be just a back-up.

Anonymous said...

i hope this so called intrest turns into a rock solid offer i hate seeing him go to man u
He could be the one to take the throne away from cassilas
Ive seen him play and 5.5m is bojans lunch money please buy him and get rid of pinto and jorqera , pep are u sure he wants to stay in spain

pep said...

Nothing is sure is these things, forca xavi. I'm just reporting what the rumours are saying...

With Van der Sar going to retire soon, guess the most logical thing for him could be to join Man United.

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