This is the Argentine gem that Xabi Alonso will join in January

Bayer Leverkusen falls in three competitions after its historic season, where, with the help of xabi alonso achieved his first domestic double. Third in the Bundesliga and in a position for direct access to the round of 16 in the Champions League, on Tuesday they achieved the feat of eliminating a full Bayern Munich team in the round of 16 of the DFB Pokal at the Allianz Arena (0- 1).

In short, Leverkusen is facing a period of maximum demand, which is why Xabi Alonso, together with the board, is considering the possibility of strengthening the squad in the winter market. Everything indicates that this will be the case and indeed it has closed its first reinforcement. A ‘gem’ that won’t cost a single euro.

He refused to renew Vélez

This is about Alejo Sarco, a talented 18-year-old Argentine player who will be released in January after refusing to renew the contract that binds him to Vélez Sarfield until December 31. Trained at the Liniers club, he is a center forward and measures 1.79 .

Sarco has reached a long-term agreementof five seasons, with Leverkusen and Xabi Alonso’s plans for him to play the second part of this season in the second team, which plays in Germany’s fourth division, so that he can begin to adapt to European football. The possibility of transferring him in the next campaign is also being considered.

His options at Leverkusen

However, according to Kicker, Xabi Alonso could give Sarco a chance to make his first team due to injuries sustained by Victor Boniface (victim of the FIFA virus in November with the Nigerian team) and Patrick Schick, who on Tuesday had to retire against Bayern just 20 minutes after coming on at half-time.

Sarco barely He played nine games in the First Division with Vélez, as a starter in just one of them. He scored one goal, in the Professional League Cup lost in May on penalties against Estudiantes (1-1 and 4-3).

Separated, he has not been able to play for 6 months

Ever since the youth team, Simon Rolfes, Leverkusen’s sporting director, has been closely following him. The German club tried to include him in June of this year, but Vélez blocked the renewal and the player then decided not to renew his contract.

After not accepting any of the offers he made, Vélez decided in June to cut him off from all his categories until the end of his contract and Sarco did not play for six months.