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Carlos Soler in a duel with Leo Messi

HE ENDED RENEWING WITH VALENCIA

Barça could sign Carlos Soler for just a million euros

Published:21/05/2020 - 16:00h

Updated:21/05/2020 - 16:00h

Carlos Soler, one of the great jewels of Valencia, was able to be a Barça player in 2005 for just one million euros. The Valencian had to renew and Barcelona tried to take him away, but in the end he decided to stay

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Although these two last seasons has stagnated a bit, Carlos Soler keeps on being one of the players called to lead to the Spanish selection in the future. The midfield player valencianista burst into in the 2016 in LaLiga when had only 19 years. Then it turned into one of the big jewels of the Spanish football and in little time consolidated in Valencia. Now, with 23 years, his shine has turned off a bit and his work is to go back it to find.

What perhaps no a lot of people knows is that in the 2015, a year before it landed in the first team to remain , the FC Barcelona was about to to close his incorporation. As it explains the newspaper 'Sport', Soler played in that then in Valencia Mestalla, the filial of the 'ches', and had to renew his agreement not to remain free. Pep Serer, that in this moment was observer of the Barça, has explained like the culés negotiated and were near to carry to the Valencian by alone one million euros, that is what cost his freedom.

Alexanco, ex Barcelona head office, was in this moment the director of the quarry of Valencia and did not want to rascarse the pocket to ensure the continuity to Be used to. The negotiation between both parts did not go well and a lot of clubs put in half to try take out party. One of them was the Barcelona, that with Serer and the then technical secretary Robert Fernández​ in command tried fichar to the promising mediocampista.

The player tightened to remain and decided to expect until the last moment not to have to abandon Mestalla. Soler carried all the life in Valencia, was valencianista of heart and his dream from boy was to triumph in Paterna. This wish prevailed in front of the alluvium of offers that had and at the end finished signing a new agreement in 2006. Suso García Pitarch, sportive director 'che' in this stage, was key to ensure his continuity, since it unblocked the negotiation and arrived to a beneficial agreement for club and footballer.

Soler has to happen to the following level

Of not being by the irruption of Pitarch, perhaps Soler would be now in the Barça struggling by all the titles. But in the football there is not at all safe and who know if go out of Valencia to a giant like the Barcelona group could have prejudiced his early explosion. In Mestalla carries four years showing have qualities that could do of him a big player, but happen the seasons and still expects that of this jump of quality that carry him to the following level.

In the club 'che' see in him to a leader of face to the future and therefore they have given him an important agreement until 2023. The idea is that Be used to win importance the campaign that comes, but for this will be necessary to give of once with the position that better goes him in the field. Up to now it has played especially in any one of the two bands, but does not have one against one and is not especially fast, by what does not finish to be decisive in the sides. Centre him to take advantage of his quality would have to be the way to be followed, but alone Albert Celades or the trainer that was the next season will have the power to do this possible.

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