He Athletic of Madrid has tied the signing of Ivo Grbic, goalkeeper of the Zagreb Lokomotiva 24 years old. The Croatian press assumes the signing of this goalkeeper by the rojiblanco club, which would pay an amount between 4.5 and 6 million euros, which would make him the most expensive goalkeeper in football in the Balkan country.
As we say, in Croatia it is practically closed, and they assure that Grbic He will sign with Atlético for four seasons. It is planned that in the next few days he will travel to Madrid to pass the relevant medical examination with the mattress entity before stamping his signature.
The rojiblanco club has been looking for a goalkeeper for months to be second to Jan Oblak, given the imminent departure of Antonio Adam. The Madrilenian will head to Sporting de Portugal to play in José Alvalade, the stadium where Atlético is looking for a place in the Champions League semi-finals against Leipzig on Thursday.
The campaign signed by Gbric It has been really good, being one of the architects of Lokomotiva finishing the league in second position, which gives it the right to play the Champions League qualifier. The Croats will face Rapid Vienna, in two games that Atlético will allow the goalkeeper to play with his team.
Grbic, playing for Croatia against France
“I don't know anything yet, I have to talk to the director. But if that's really the case, I'm sure Ivo is worth signing for such a big club because he is currently our best goalkeeper along with Livakovic. We will try to manage it. We have some solutions to arrange his departure ”, assured his coach, Goran tomic, in Index.
International in all the lower categories of Croatia, Grbic has played 74 games with Lokomotiva in which he has conceded 79 goals. In addition, he has left a clean sheet 22 times.
Despite the fact that Atlético probed goalkeepers like Dimitrovic (Eibar), Joel (Betis) or Jose Sa (Olympiacos), has finally launched for Grbic, a goalkeeper of the present and also of the future who will try to compete with Oblak. The presence of his compatriot Vrsaljko on the staff, in addition to that of the Balkan clan (Oblak himself, Savic and a Saponjic that can go out) will be a factor in your acclimatization to the mattress set.