The Argentine left behind Valentine Boatwho will play this season at Seville he gave Brighton English, highlighted on Saturday that it was “a pride to replace (Marcos) Acuña”, in reference to his compatriot, who left the Spanish team this week to sign for River Plate from Buenos Aires.
“Acuña is a good player. With the national team he won everything and here he also won titles, so it is a pride that he can be replaced. Another person can say it better, but we can both be offensive and have a strategy,” said the Sevilla reinforcement, who arrived in the Andalusian capital on Thursday night and who this Saturday gave a statement to the media of his new club.
“My evolution was very sudden, very fast. That’s what comes with playing for Boca. I try not to think about what’s happening outside and always focus on what’s on the field. It was a dream to debut in the national team and I made it happen. Now I want to play so I can continue to stay there,” said Barco, who turned 20 in July and was signed by Brighton in January.
The young Argentine is “very happy to come to this club and eager to play” and assured that since he learned about the possibility of joining Sevilla “I am very interested and eager” and that “luckily” the transition is closed.
On Friday night, Barco had the opportunity to testify live from the stadium Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán the match on the second day of LaLiga that Sevilla lost 1-2 against Villarreal and is now at the disposal of the coach, Xavi García Pimientafor the third day, set for next Tuesday at the Mallorca field.
In this regard, he said that “the preparation has been very good, complete” since the start of the preseason in Brighton and that physically he feels “ten”, with what he has. desire to debut in LaLiga, which he considers “a source of pride” and a “challenge.”
“Because of my style of play, LaLiga could be very good for me. I think I will be able to exploit all my qualities,” said the left-back, who declared that the last few months in the English team “have been taken from growth, physicality, football and adaptation” and that he is “ready . “.
“I’m more offensive than defensive, but I really like to defend. I have talked to the coach. I really liked his idea of the game, how he plays on the sides and I found it very interesting, so I decided to go here. “Moving to Europe is a huge change, a big step in a player’s career,” he added.
Barco emphasized that he was at a club where he played Diego Maradona and who trained Carlos Bilardo and for him to be part of this entity “is a pride” because these people “are two exponents of Argentine soccer. It’s great to be able to wear this shirt that they had before,” he said.
The full-back revealed that he had spoken Ansu Fatiforward trained in the lower echelons of Seville before landing on FC Barcelona and who he was with last season when he was on loan at Brighton.
“Before arriving, I asked him. He told me that it was a very big club that played great football, that it suggested… That conversation was very positive to make this decision as well,” stressed the new Sevilla reinforcement, who will be on loan until the end of the season without the possibility of getting his chip at the end of the campaign that is being considered in the transfer .
Source: La Verdad
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