For months there had been talk of the arrival of inigo martinez to FC Barcelona. The left-footed central defender has always been liked by the sports management, due to his profile and talent, and once his contract with the Athleticthe azulgrana team has formalized his signing at zero cost, which makes him the second incorporation of the entity after Gündogan.
On Tuesday, the Basque footballer was already ‘hunted’ in the sports city by ‘Jijantes’ posing in the club’s official clothing. The announcement was practically imminent and so it has been.
In this way, Íñigo joins the team led by Xavi Hernández to shore up the Barça defence. With great ball output, the coach was looking for a left-handed profile to be able to fight for minutes against the theoretically starting central pair that they form Christensen and Araujo.
Trained in the Real Sociedad academy, where he played 239 games with the first team ‘White-Blue’, in 2018 he changed San Sebastián for Bilbao. At San Mamés he has become one of the fundamental players, starting as long as injuries have allowed him to.
More than 350 games in the First Division
At just 32 years of age, he arrives with the experience of more than 350 matches in the first division. At European level he has contested 5 Champions League matches, 5 Europa League matches and two more in the respective group stage qualifiers.
Internationally, it has also completed 20 games with the Spanish team, being the match against Scotland qualifying for the euro 2024, the last one in which he participated.
2023-07-05 08:00:15
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