The match between Barça and Getafe will be lived by Ángel Rodríguez with mixed feelings. The top scorer of the Azulón team is, at the moment, the great favorite to become the relief of the injured Ousmane Dembélé in the Barcelona attack. Pressure for the player and his team before the appointment this afternoon at the Camp Nou. This week its president, Ángel Torres , in declarations to Catalunya Ràdio, practically opened the door wide for him in an intervention that has caused the division of opinions around the club. His coach, José Bordalás , on the other hand, is reluctant to part with him, even though he is not giving him much prominence this season.

«My president does not open the exit doors, let alone at the moment. Whatever I say I respect him very much, but Angel is an important player in the team. It has helped us a lot and we are convinced that it will continue to do so. When the championship ends, we'll see. Right now, my president and I are aware that we play a lot in two competitions, ”said Bordalás. Angel has nine goals in 20 league games, three in six Europa League games and one in two duels of the Copa del Rey.

This 32-year-old from Tenerife is a globetrotter (Tenerife, Castilla, Elche, Levante, Zaragoza ...) that has been consecrated in Getafe, where he arrived in 2017. Bordalás prefers to turn to Angel as a revulsive rather than include him in the starting eleven . And that brings Angel down the street of bitterness. Torres is willing to negotiate with Barça. In the environment of the Azulón set there are those who think that this public attitude of the manager is nothing more than a strategy for the Catalans to desist from signing.

The price: 10 million

After all, they would be paying 10 million euros for a footballer who has a substitute role. Although, on the other hand, there are those who believe that the president would be happy to make a box with his sale. At the moment, everything is in the air, including the opinion of the doctors of the League, who must determine if Barça can make a signing effective due to the six months of Dembélé leave.

Quique Setién prefers to maintain prudence. In January it was not doubtful to point out that a reinforcement for the front would be welcome, but in the end the signing did not set. Something that could now be repeated. «What I have done all my life has been to adapt to what I have. If a player arrives, then better, because Dembélé's injury weakens us. But I am sure that we will find the solution and the way, ”said the coach of Barça.

For now, in the call to receive Getafe there was a great novelty: the Albanian King Manaj , who joined Barça B in the last winter window, from Albacete. «Given the possibility that something happens to some player above, we have a replacement. We are convinced that you can help us. It takes a short time and needs a period of adaptation, but its disposition is extraordinary. We are incorporating several players into the training every day, who will enter as the first team relaxes ”said Setién.

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