It was one of the most interesting signings of this market closing.
Isco Alarcón
, once his time at
Sevilla
had finished , had packed his bags to sign for
Unión Berlin
, one of the great revelations of the season in Europe.
The Germans, second ranked in the
Bundesliga
just one point
behind Bayern
and still alive in the fight for the
Europa League
this season, offered the Andalusian midfielder a contract until the end of the
2023-2024 campaign
.
Or so thought the former
Real Madrid
player and his environment, now directed by
Jorge Mendes
under his company
Gestifute.
As this newspaper has learned, upon arriving at the offices of the German team to sign his new contract, Isco and his representatives found a different wording than what was agreed: they offered him an agreement until the end of the current season and they did not register him in the squad that is playing in the
Europa League.
The agents of the footballer from
Benalmádena
refused this situation and the negotiations broke down.
"
We wanted to have Isco in Berlin, but we have our limits.
These were exceeded today, contrary to the previous agreement. The agreement is not going to be made," said
Oliver Ruhnert
, sports director of the Union Berlin, in a statement through the club website.
Therefore Isco, who
had already passed a medical examination
with the German team and was preparing for the first stage of his sports career outside of Spanish football, is now without a team with only a few hours to go before the closing of the market.
At
30 years old
and at what should be the ideal age to find his football, the Andalusian continues downhill.
Jose BretonAP
Even if the market closes, the footballer could reach another club as a free agent, but his options will be limited by the
lack of flexibility of the teams
since they cannot release any player.
This summer, Isco was already without a team for a month after parting ways with Madrid in June and signing for Sevilla in August, a group with which he broke ties on December 23, more than a month ago.
In recent years, Isco
's market value
has dropped from
90 million in 2018
to 30 million in 2020 and the
9
million at which his talent is currently valued.
With Sevilla he played
19 games
, 11 of them as a starter, scored one goal and distributed two assists in
1,265 minutes
.
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