Dani Elm was the big disclosure of the European Sub-21 that won Spain does a year and half. The Catalan was decisive in this tournament and confirmed the big feelings that was leaving in the Dynamo of Zagreb. Since, the mediapunta has gone to more and after going out in Champions League with the Croatian team, woke up the interest of several important clubs of Europe.
The FC Barcelona was one of these groups that interested by the now player of the Leipzig. The culés asked after he, but finally decided not doing any important movement by fault of resources. Now, a year after all this, the representative of the young footballer confirms these contacts between the Barça and his customer that did not finish to concretise .
"Dani Elm is a polyvalent player, knows to mark, has an excellent technician and forms part of the Spanish selection, by what will be able to incorporate to one of the best European clubs (...) The Barcelona also has been still in him the past, but everything goes through his work, from the present, if it follows doing it well in Leipzig, that is the only that explains today", said Juanma López for 'Sky Sports'.
Finally, the Barça did not decide and the one of Terrassa accepted the offer of the Leipzig, that offered him be important in a club of Champions that is in constant growth. Nevertheless, before saying that yes to the Germans, was near of a historical like the Milan. "It was very near of the Milan the past season. To Boban liked him a lot, tried it during weeks, but at the end preferred to continue on its way of growth in the Bundesliga", affirmed.
Elm, key in the Leipzig of Naggelsman
The time seems to have him given the reason to Elm, that in Germany is growing and is maturing like footballer. Although it cost him go in in the dynamics of the ones of Julian Naggelsman, this campaign has settled in the eleven and is to title usually. It has played the 19 meetings that contested the germanos this course, 16 of them of start, in which it has marked 2 goals and has delivered 5 assistances.
To his 22 years, the ex canterano of the Barça is called to be very important in the Spanish selection and who know if in an even more big club that the Leipzig. Has quality, foundations and personality to arrive far, but it will be necessary to see his evolution. For the moment, it will keep on being key for the German group, that wants to compete him the Bundesliga to the Bayern of Munich and give him a fright to the Liverpool in eighth of Champions.