BARCELONA.- The defense of Barcelona, Héctor Fortwill play on loan next season in the Elchethe Catalan club announced Monday.
The 19 -year -old quarry, who was international with Spain in lower categories, did not count for the German coach Hansi Flickwho opted for Gerard Martín and Eric García.
Fort, who debuted with the first Barça team in the 2023-24 campaign under the baton of Xavi Hernándezhe played only 20 games last year.
In the Ilicitano team, the player, who has a contract with Barcelona until 2029, will meet the goalkeeper Iñaki Peña, also assigned to that team for this season.
Liverpool achieves record signing in England
Liverpool announced Monday, at the close of the transfer market in Europe, the signing of the Swedish attacker Alexander Isak, of the Newcastle, in a transfer estimated by the press at 145 million euros (169 million dollars), a record in England.
The 25 -year -old attacker thus joins the Premier League champion club after a pulse of several weeks with the Newcastle, his club since 2022 and for which he marked 23 goals in 34 league games last season.
In a laconic statement, the Uracas were limited to confirming “the sale of the attacker Alexander Isak al Liverpool for a record amount in the United Kingdom.”
“The way to get here has been long, but I am very happy to be part of this team, this club and everything that represents,” Isak said in statements to the Reds website.
Isak, 52 times international with Sweden, still had three years of contract with the Newcastle and will wear number 9 in his new team.
The estimated amount of 145 million euros could rise to 150 million (175 million dollars) if the bonuses contemplated in the contract are reached, according to several English media.
In any case, Isak puts himself on the podium of the most expensive signings in history, behind the Brazilian Neymar (222 million euros in his Barcelona pass to the PSG in 2017) and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé (180 million euros when he definitely passed from Monaco to the PSG in 2018).
