Valentín Barco still has not found his place in Europe. The 20-year-old left back, who emerged from the lower divisions of Boca who left Argentine football earlier than many expected and failed to mature physically and football-wise, was left out of the squad for this Sunday’s game. Sevilla before him Real Madrid and his future at the Spanish club is certainly in doubt.
“He is one more of the team. I have many: some play more and others less. If he does not have more minutes it is because I consider that there are two teammates who are more useful for the team. I have nothing more to say. When the market opens things will happen “, said coach Xavier García Pimienta in strong statements that seem to sentence the Argentine soccer player.
After playing the final of the Copa Libertadores against Fluminense, Barco took a big leap in his career by passing from the devalued Professional League to the Premier League to play with the team’s shirt Brightonbut he played only seven games in the first half of the year, he did not satisfy the Italian coach Roberto DeZerbi and he was loaned to Sevilla, where he played nine games and seems to have his hours numbered.
The transfer of Colo Spanish football is until the middle of next year, but without a purchase option given that Brighton has high hopes for him and is excited to see him perform at a good level in the English championship. And also recover the investment they made when buying it from Boca for 10 million dollars.
Now, that loan could be cut early and, if so, his future would be left with a big question mark.
Barco, who added minutes with the Argentine National Team in the friendly on March 23 against El Salvador and was not called up again due to Lionel Scaloniwas left out of the list of 23 players who will visit the legendary Santiago Bernabeu stadium this Sunday. The reason: “an overload in the adductors of the left thigh”, the Sevilla club reported. Although, beyond that physical inconvenience, the problem seems to be greater.
Returning to the list of expedition members for the last game of the year are the winger Carmona, the interior Juanlu and the center forward Isaac, who were already in the previous call against Celta, although in the end they could not play against the Vigo team at the Ramón Sánchez -Pizjuán for a sanction from the Disciplinary Committee.
Meanwhile, four players are still out due to injury: left-back Adrià Pedrosa, French center-back Tanguy Nianzou, Nigerian winger Chidera Ejuke and Swiss midfielder Djibril Sow, while the reserve team’s right-back is out of the squad for the last game. Darío Benavides.