Roberto, Málaga’s striker, will play on loan at Barça Atlètic

Roberto Fernandez Jaena center forward from Córdoba from Puente Genil who will turn 20 this Sunday, July 3, and who plays for the Málagais about to be confirmed as a new player of the Barça Atlètic. This is how the Diario Sur publishes it, detailing that the striker would arrive on loan. Barça would pay a premium for the loan and would have a purchase option for one million euros at the end of the season. Roberto He has a contract with Malaga until 2025.

Barça met Roberto a year ago in the semifinal of the Youth Champions Cup that faced Malaga in Marbella and took note of his characteristics, a ‘9’ with a powerful physique and constant movement, although that day the Barça team won 1-0.

Trained at Córdoba and since 2018 at the Malaga Academy, Roberto made the leap to the first team last season in the Second Division without going through the subsidiary. In Second he played 32 games, 15 starts, but went from more to less and finished the season as a substitute. He managed three goals, two in the League and one in the Cup.

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