“I’m about to sign for Barcelona”

The Marbella striker Loren Moron He completes his second season at the rank of Aris of Thessaloniki Greek – which he left in the summer of 2023 after graduating from Legs-, where he has already scored 32 goals in 64 games, surpassing the figures achieved in the subsidiary of Real Betis (31 goals in 65 games) or in the green and white first team (29 goals in 131 games), where he made his debut under the guidance of Quique Setienwho later claimed his signing for FC Barcelona in January 2020, an operation that was close to completion (for 15 million euros) but finally did not happen, because the FC Barcelona signing completed Martin Braithwaite after paying his termination clause of 18 million euros to Leganes.

Lauren recalling an interview with newspaper of Seville how close he was to going FC Barcelona five years ago, in the hours before the cup tie between Real Betis and the Barça team: “That’s one of the things I always say has a thorn in my side, not only because I was able to play in FC Barcelona and especially in Leo Messibut also for the injection and above all the money that the Real Betis I would have received and especially how my departure. As I said, I believe I did everything to win both sides, me and the Legs. And it was very close, the truth is that it was very close and due to other factors that I don’t want to talk about and I don’t want to think about it again. But it’s pretty close, like Ruby He told me he wasn’t going to do that exercise because he didn’t want to take the risk that this afternoon he was inside. Barcelona. It’s pretty close, I told you, plus Alena that at that moment he was also in the locker room talking to someone Barça asking about me and everyone. It was very close but well, in the end it didn’t happen.”

Laurenwho scored four goals in the elastic of True Betisalt FC Barcelona throughout his career – the team with which he had the most points, including Jumilla– assesses the green and white team’s chances of overcoming the tie in the cup duel this Wednesday: “I think it’s clear that Barcelona is the favorite, and more after the fight against real Madrid. The favorites are them, but also the Legs “They have very quality players, against big teams they usually compete well, and I have no doubt that they will compete well in this match, and above all what are the possibilities, because that is for the eliminatory.”