Njegos Petrovic will be a Granada player except for a last-minute catastrophe. The Serbian midfielder is expected in Granada to pass medical tests and sign for the remainder of the season and three more. The agreement with Estrella Roja implies a transfer estimated at approximately 1.6 million euros.
But if this operation is yet to be signed, the contacts with Eintracht Frankfurt to incorporate Portuguese striker Gonçalo Paciência continue to cook over low heat. There is tug of war. Moments when everything seems to speed up and others where things slow down. Given the complexity of this negotiation, the club has other options in the chamber.
The fact that there is no League match this weekend gives Granada an interesting margin in this final stretch of the winter market. The plan is for both Petrovic and Paciência to be ready to debut on February 6, no less, against Real Madrid.
And these two good reinforcements could compensate for the more than likely absences of Machís and Luis Suárez against the Madridistas at the Santiago Bernabéu. Both players meet their respective national teams, Venezuela and Colombia, respectively, and are expected on the 4th, that is, two days before the match against Ancelotti’s men. They will arrive right between games and cumbersome trips.
So far, Granada has incorporated Collado, on loan from Barcelona, while Luis Abram, the Peruvian central defender, has left for Cruz Azul from Mexico, also on loan.