Álex Baena never stops growing. At the age of 23, he has been a key player for Marcelino at Villarreal and is looking to be unchallenged for Luis de la Fuente in the Spanish team. The man from Almería took advantage of his second start with La Roja – his first in the official game – to score a great goal from a direct free kick, one of his specialties.
With the ‘yellow ship’, Baena is ‘doing well’ in another area of strength: distributing resources to his colleagues. He is the second assistant in LaLiga, with 5, tied with Blaugranas Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, and 1 behind Vinicius Junior of Madrid. He has given goals Ayoze (2), Danjuma, Logan Costa and Thierno Barry.
Baena did not hide his interest in FC Barcelona in the interview he did. In RAC1 a few weeks ago, he praised the team coached by Hansi Flick and assured them that their performance will be over. “profit”.
He rejected the Premier’s offer
Barça have maintained contact with the player’s agent, but have made no progress. The group is stopped by this paragraph 60 million euros and go to the attacking position (the way Marcelino makes 4-4-2, he stays inside the left wing) where there are many players in the Barça team.
As for the price, Baena admitted in another interview, this one with Cadena SER, that the matter should be discussed by the group (trying to reduce the paragraph), but that it would be difficult to reduce this number. The player from Roquetas de Mar has a contract until 2028.
The truth is that Álex Baena is very comfortable at Villarreal and would ‘move’ if he goes to Barça and if he sees a big interest from the Barça club. In recent days it has become known that Atlético de Madrid is behind the player and in football you never know, but what the player likes is the Barça player.
His intention not to leave La Cerámica, unless he goes to Barça, is what made him reject good offers from Premier League teams, who were ready to reach or be very close to his decision.
Álex Baena celebrates after scoring a goal against Serbia in the UEFA Nations League match AP Photo/Jose Breton
The price has gone up a lot
Almost 60 million which a few months ago would have been seen as ‘exaggeration’ and is very close to the reality of a football player. The proof is that in the latest analysis of the special portal Transfermarkt.com, the Andalusian has already reached 50 ‘kilos’, an increase of 10 million compared to the price of June and 5 times what he had 2 years ago. .
Even every day they play well and many teams are entertained (including Premier League officials)Baena continues to do his thing and despite his famous personality, he admits to his local team that the dream of Barça is still valid.
