The Argentine left back Valentin Boatwho will play this season in the Seville ceded by the Brighton English, stressed this Saturday that “it is an honor to be able to replace (Marcos) Acuña,” referring to his compatriot, who left the Spanish team this week to sign for the River Plate from Buenos Aires.
“Acuña is a great player. He won everything with the national team and he also won titles here, so it is an honour to be able to replace him. Someone else could say it better, but it could be that we are both offensive and technical,” said the Sevilla signing, who arrived in the Andalusian capital on Thursday night and who gave a statement to the media of his new club on Saturday.
“My evolution was all very sudden, very fast. That’s what it means to play for Boca. I try not to think about what’s happening outside and always focus on what’s happening on the pitch. It was a dream to make my debut in the national team and I was able to fulfil it. Now I want to play so I can continue to stay there,” said Barco, who turned 20 in July and was signed by Brighton last January.
The young Argentine said he was “very happy to come to this club and eager to play” and said that since he found out about the possibility of joining Sevilla “I was very interested and anxious” and that “luckily” the transfer was closed.
Barco had the opportunity to watch live from the stadium on Friday night Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan the match of the second day of LaLiga that Sevilla lost 1-2 against Villarreal and is now at the coach’s disposal, Xavi Garcia Pepperfor the third matchday, scheduled for next Tuesday at the Mallorca field.
In this regard, he said that “the preparation has gone very well, complete” since he started the preseason at Brighton and that physically he feels “top ten”, with what he has eager to make his debut in LaLiga, which he considered “a pride” and a “challenge.”
“Given my style of play, LaLiga could be very good for me. “I think I’m going to be able to exploit all my characteristics,” said the left-back, who declared that these past months in the English team have been “about growth, about physicality, football and adaptation” and that he is now “ready.”
“I’m more offensive than defensive, but I really like defending. “I was able to speak with the coach. I really liked his approach to the game, how he plays with the full-backs and I found it very interesting, which is why I made the decision to come here. The move to Europe is a very big change, a big step in a player’s career,” he added.
Barco stressed that he is now in a club where he played Diego Maradona and that he trained Carlos Bilardo and that for him belonging to this entity “is a pride” since these people “are two exponents of Argentine football. It is very nice to be able to wear this shirt that they previously had,” he said.
The full-back revealed that he spoke with Ansu Fatia forward who came up through the lower ranks of the Seville before landing in the FC Barcelona and with whom he coincided last season when he was on loan at the Brighton.
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“Before coming I asked him. He told me that it was a very big club that played good football, that proposed… That conversation was very positive in making this decision as well,” stressed the new Sevilla signing, who will be on loan until the end of the season without the possibility of acquiring him at the end of the campaign being included in the transfer.
