He Alaves closes one of the most desired signings in this summer market. After laborious negotiations, it has sealed an agreement with the Sporting
of
Lisbon so that the Italian-Argentine midfielder Rodrigo
Battaglia I arrived on loan for a season. At 29 years old and 1.87 meters tall, he is a positional midfielder who reinforces the position he occupies Thomas
Pineapple.
Yesterday, the player, once the details of his pass to the babazorro team had been finalized, said goodbye with a letter from the Portuguese fans. In it, he described his time at the Lisbon club as “very intense”. “I have lived very beautiful moments, I have been able to dispute the Champions
League and I have come to my selection “, he commented after being” grateful “to the fans of the Sporting for the love received.
European experience
The Italian-Argentine has been playing for the white-and-green entity, one of the big clubs in Portugal, since the 17-18 season. He has played matches in the Champions and in the UEFA
Europe
League, so you already know European football well.
Born in Morón (Argentina), he trained in the lower categories of Hurricane and, after going through the Racing
Club
of
Avellaneda, joined the Braga in the summer of 2014. There he played on loan at the Moreirense, AC rosary beads and Chaves to, in the 17-18 academic year, make the leap to Sporting
of
Lisbon.
After suffering a major knee injury, he lost prominence last season. Now, with no place in Lisbon, it stops at the Alaves with the desire to feel important.
After the incorporation of Deyverson, becomes the second babazorro signing for the centenary year. It comes to reinforce a wide area in which it will compete to play minutes mainly with Thomas
Pineapple, Manu
Garcia and Pere
Pons.
His definitive incorporation to the albiazul entity was delayed because he tested positive for coronavirus after spending your holidays in Spain with Luciano
Vietto. After saving the mandatory quarantine, he tested negative in a new test
PCR and he joined the training of the Sporting
of
Lisbon. In recent days, negotiations between clubs went awry, but the Alaves has stepped up the steps to reach the final transfer agreement. With his signing, the entity from Gasteiz now has 34 players with a contract in force for the 20-21 season.