Andres Solano, side of the subsidiary Atlético de Madrid, is about to become a player of the FC Barcelona. The 22-year-old Colombian, who has completed the preseason (one more) under the orders of Diego SimeoneHe will head to Barcelona, where he will play for the second team of the Barça team.
Born on February 24, 1998 in Santa Marta, the same town of Radamel Falcao, Solano made his debut with the mattress first team in the 18/19 season. Atlético extended its contract last year until 2022, but wanted to seek an exit from the rojiblanca entity, where it saw that it was not going to progress further, and has decided to accept Barcelona's offer.
The formula chosen between both clubs is the transfer with purchase option and this operation is completely independent of the one that, last week, led to Luis Suarez to become the star reinforcement of Atlético for this course.
Solano stood out in the lower categories of the rojiblanco team, and his name became popular among the colchoneros in the summer of 2016, after the Colombian scored, in extra time, the goal that the Copa del Rey Juvenil gave to Atlético, prevailing in the final (3-4) to Real Madrid in Palma de Mallorca.
(+) This was Solano's goal:
In that team they played, among others, Theo Hernández, Caio Henrique, Salomón Obama, Keidi or the doorman San Roman.