Ramón Planes affirms that Alejandro Balde was close to joining Getafe this summer
Getafe's technical director revealed that they had a look at the player and that an agreement was close.
Alejandro Balde, the most recent addition to Spain's World Cup squad, is in the best moment of his career. At the age of 19, he is living the dream of all aspiring football players. His first-ever senior call-up will be to play in the most important competition in the world.
Everything could have been much different if things had turned out differently this summer.
Ramón Planes, ex-coach of FC Barcelona, confirmed in 'Onze' of Esport 3, that this summer the fullback of Dominican origin was close to joining Getafe.
"I have a very good relationship with him and his family. This summer we were very attentive. We followed Marcos Alonso's story very closely. I took advantage of this personal relationship to tell him that we liked him very much. There was a possibility that Barça, as they did with Nico and Abde, wanted a way out to look for minutes. But everything changed", said Planes.
The Turning Point
"In football, everything is a matter of key moments. All this indeed hinged a lot on the Alonso case that dragged on throughout the summer. With Marcos and Jordi Alba, Xavi had two very good full-backs. But Xavi wanted to bet on the youngster. He had a very good Gamper and the coach realised that he was at a great level", he added.
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