Bayer Leverkusen made official this Thursday the hiring of Alejo Sarco, 18-year-old youth trained in Velez who signed as a free player and leaves Argentine football after nine games played with Fortín to wear the shirt of the German champion.
“Alejo Sarco is a promise for the future of Bayer 04 Leverkusen”, stressed sports director Simon Rolfes when the hiring was announced. And he continued with the praise: “He is a technically skilled player, fast, agile and energetic in duels. With his finishing ability, he completes the profile of a modern center forward.”
Sarco, a member of the Argentine Under 17 National Team that finished third in the South American Championship held in 2023 in Ecuador, will turn 19 next Monday and signed a contract until the 2028-29 season. “It’s something I dreamed of. I had been interested in Bayer 04 for a long time, so I followed the club’s fantastic last season more closely,” expressed in a statement released by the German club. “For me it is exciting to be part of this team in the future and a great challenge to strengthen it with my resources,” he concluded.
He will be the fourth Argentine to play for Leverkusen and will share a team Exequiel Palacios, the former River and world champion in Qatar 2022 who is a key piece in the team led by Xabi Alonso. The other Albiceleste representatives who passed by were Lucas Alario y Diego Placentetwo other former River players who went directly from Millonario to German football and had continuity and good performances.
Sarco leaves a disappointment in Vélez fans. He played very little with the Fortín shirt – as mentioned: just nine games – and he leaves without leaving any money to the club after not renewing his contract, which expired in December, and signing on a free basis.
He sealed his transfer in the middle of last year and spent the last six months under the leadership of Gustavo Quinteros, but his story in Liniers ended early, when the youth participated in the Potrero Cup and the club terminated his contract. Now, his career will have a new opportunity in the demanding German football.
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