Aleñá, a ‘luxury loan’ that plays only 54% of minutes

“I hope it will be six months of glory.” With those words Carlos Aleñá faced his journey at Betis after arriving on loan from Barcelona in the past winter market. After two months of league competition, his role in Heliopolis is far from expectations created with your loan: played only 54% of the minutes in La Liga and went substitute in the last three appointments of the verdiblanco team. A reality far removed from the context in which it arrived, when it sought more prominence as it was a secondary piece in the plans of the Catalan team.

Aleñá wanted to change his role to increase his growth in First Division and he had no doubts when choosing Betis despite having played the brilliant ninety minutes of his last appointment with Barcelona in this League, against Alavés. Ruby I give you confidence in his midfield and even varied his position on more than one occasion to accommodate you in your game scheme. However, their paper it was of more or less: against Real Madrid in Betis's last league clash didn't even act one minute, something that had not happened since his arrival in January.

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More unknowns they rest on the figure of the Catalan player when they are transferred until the end of June and under a context of many Doubts refering to resumption and at the end of this campaign. The Barcelona did not want include none Purchase option and his return to Barcelona will be conditioned by a minimized role at Betis. The presence of pieces like Saved and Channels, Besides the reappearance of William Carvalho, limited his role in the last month of competition. Now, he will seek to leave his stamp in a final section of the League that must be his best passport to then gain the trust of Barcelona with a view to his next project.