Barça and the agent Alexander Grimaldo (26 years old), Benfica side, they plan to meet to talk about the situation of the Valencian player. The appointment cannot take long given that we are in the phase in which the squads are decided and Barça must reinforce the left flank of its defense.
Grimaldo It is one of the sides that they like the most in the sports area. He has in his favor that the contract ends in 2023 and that he does not want to renew for Benfica. That leaves the Lisbon club in a difficult position: either they keep it, hurrying up the remaining year of their contract, and see it go free next year or put it on the market to try to get some money this summer.
It also plays in favor of the Valencian defender that his priority is to return to Barça, where he was between the summer of 2008 and the end of December 2015, when he went to Benfica transferred for 1.5 million. In a Blaugrana key, his knowledge of the culé position game gives him a plus against other candidates for the left side. In fact, it is one of the concepts that Xavi Hernández values the most: that his youth squads know the style in detail so as not to have to waste time explaining things that they should already have internalized.
His goals and assists data also support him. In fact, he is the one with the best score so far this season. He has scored five goals and has provided five assists. That, before the +9 (1G+8A) of Jordi Albathe +5 of Gaya (2G+3A), the +9 of Alex Moreno (5G+4A) or the +7 of Tagliafico (2A+5G). Certainly, in a defender the priority is to defend but it is already known that at Barça the full-backs must also contribute in attack and Grimaldo it does.
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