Dion Lopi is also an option for the summer

Almeria’s poor record in the league, last without a win after 23 games, has not stopped some players from showing their quality and becoming targets of big clubs. In this sense, Xavier Bosch reported yesterday in MD that Barcelona tested the Senegalese midfielder in January. Dion LopiThe 22-year-old player arrived from the French Reims for 6.5 million (+3.5 in variables). Nothing has been finalized, mainly due to financial problems with the “fair play” of La Liga, and the Barça club, as also reported by MD, is already working on the inclusion Aleix Garcia, a 26-year-old midfielder from Girona, for next season. Now, as this newspaper has learned, the option lopi This remains in view of the next summer market, for which Barcelona’s economic restrictions will continue.

It is curious that among futures Barça They get to know each other and Lopi named Aleix as one of his references. He also named Martin Zubimendia pipe dream for Xavi Hernandez because of the price and because he doesn’t want to leave Real Sociedad.

In a conversation with UDA radio: lopi When asked about his football impressions, he admitted that “my idol is the Frenchman Paul Pogba. In Senegal I was called Pogba from time to time because I admire him so much and have seen a lot of his videos. I also really like Subimendi and Aleix Garcia.”

lopiwho played a great game against Real Madrid on the day the team lost. Almeria at the Santiago Bernabeu, thanks to the refereeing and VAR, he defines himself as a calm and mentally strong player: “This is my style of play, I have always done it this way, even when I was little, my coach told me that I was very calm to play football. This is also my strength: if I change my game, I won’t be the same, and everything worked out well for me.”

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Despite the march Almeria In the League, the African publication assessed it this way: “I think I made a good choice. From the first game I knew that the Spanish League was right for me. I don’t regret being in France because I learned a lot, but this championship is perfect for me. There the game is more intense and strong, but here it is of higher quality. I’m glad because I couldn’t realize my qualities there.”