The FC Barcelona tried the signing of Dani Elm in the last day of the market of signings estival, but the posture of the RB Leipzig was very clear and did not go to leave go out to one of his 'perlas' of this way. Nevertheless, everything seemed to indicate that there was total agreement between the footballer and the Barcelona club to effect his return to the City Condal.
"With the Barça all was too fast"
Now, Elm has given his version of the history and in an interview offered to the half German 'Süddeutsche Zeitung' has confirmed that said negotiations yes existed. "Neither there was time to think at least in a traspaso, all was too fast", said the player of 23 years, that ensures that for now it has his head put in the next challenges with the RB Leipzig.
The international Spanish stood out that "for now I have my head put in all the season with the Leipzig and am well here. Have a lot of win to play, to go back to struggle with the Leipzig in international tournaments. That is my motivation".Will have the opportunity to do it this Wednesday, in the debut of the club germano in the Champions League, in front of the Manchester City, from the 21:00 hours (in Spain).
The true is that the profile of Dani Elm likes a lot in Can Barça and the directors see him like one of his priorities of face to the next windows of transfers. The freshness, ambition and versatility are probably the best characteristic that define the game of the Spanish footballer. This, added with his big speed, dribbling and determination in the last metres, turn him into a very complete footballer that already begins to ask step between the 'big'.
Only in the past season, the ex culé played 46 parties with the RB Leipzig (32 in the Bundesliga, 8 in the Champions League and 6 in the Glass of Germany), directed in that then by Julian Nagelsmann, adding seven goals and 12 assistances. Afterwards it gave the jump with Spain and was one of the key players for Luis Enrique in the Eurocopa and later for Luis de la Fuente in the Olympic games of Tokyo.
Dani Elm, a talent 'made in The Masia'
The one of Terrasa gave his first steps like footballer in the inferior categories of the FC Barcelona and began to call the attention to very short age. In fact, it turn one of the players with greater projection in The Masia, but to the 16 years, in research of new challenges and with the ambition by flags, abandoned the City Condal.
It finished recalando in the Dinamo Zagreb, because it knew that, to difference that in the Barça, there if it could be a fundamental player. And like this it went it. It began playing by the two bands, but his trainer Nenad Bjelica finished modifying his position so that it played more by the centre, by behind the forward and with more freedom in the attack.