Barcelona are set to maintain maintain of Vitor Roque within the long-term after opting to ship the 19-year-old striker out on mortgage this season as an alternative of promoting in a everlasting switch.
Roque has been pushed to the periphery at Barca. The Brazilian struggled to ascertain himself following January’s €30m (plus as much as €31m extra in add-ons) arrival from Athletico Paranaense.
But any hopes of a contemporary begin in 2024/25 beneath new coach Hansi Flick have been dashed when Roque was left with no shirt quantity, having seen his No.19 jersey given to Lamine Yamal, and never registered within the first-team squad in favour of a number of lesser identified abilities.
A everlasting transfer to Portugal with Sporting CP seemed on the playing cards earlier this week. However Barcelona are actually reported by Marca to have turned down the provide from Lisbon, in favour of accepting a mortgage proposal that can see Roque be a part of Actual Betis till subsequent summer time as an alternative.
The provide from Sporting is described as “important”, however nonetheless in need of Barca’s preliminary €30m outlay. The suggestion is there was extra behind the choice to show it down than cash, although. From a sporting perspective, it’s now claimed that Barcelona have not utterly misplaced religion in Roque and wish to stay accountable for his future, at the very least for some time longer.
In principle, becoming a member of Actual Betis on mortgage will given Roque the prospect to adapt to La Liga away from the identical intense scrutiny he was dealing with in Catalonia final season.
Beneath the steerage of coach Manuel Pellegrini, Betis have a powerful setup and a squad crammed with expertise amassed by the likes of Isco, Nabil Fekir, Marc Bartra, Diego Llorente, Ricardo Rodriguez and William Carvalho. However Roque, in addition to afforded the chance to study, would deliver some younger power to make it a mutually helpful association.
