Ronald Araújo was injured in Seville after twenty days off due to the initial injury, also in Seville, during the match against Betis. Barcelona had to play five games without his match … And for what was a clear disturbance Ronald Koeman On the other hand, he demonstrated the growth and importance the Uruguayan has acquired in the roster of Barça, who has gone from being the last center-back to an essential player in just half a season. Both in the eyes of the coach and in the club’s sporting plans … Or not.
According to the specialist portal Transfermarkt, the value of the plant has multiplied by four in the past year, to an estimated market price of 20 million euros, which, however, could be significantly higher if Barcelona decided to declare it transferable, not so much for both a sporting as a financial issue, estimating its sale as a potential source of income that would be a clear relief at the current dramatic moment the club is experiencing in the economic field.
It is unlikely that Ronald Koeman would endorse such an operation and it can also be assumed that none of the three presidential candidates among them has plans to make money from Araújo. In fact, sources from two candidacies told ESPN Deportes that the player is a fixture in their plans and took its continuity as fact. But once the new president takes office and keeps an eye on Barcelona’s realities and economic needs, he will have to make decisions, however difficult they may be, and looking at the staff and revenue that can be made from them, one of them will to be. the tasks to be performed.
Signed in the summer of 2018 on the Boston River in Uruguay for a maximum value of 4.7 million euros (between fixed and variable) to strengthen the subsidiary team. Araújo’s beginnings in Barcelona were not easy, it took him three months to secure a place in García Pimienta’s line-ups, but as soon as he did, he became essential. “It was difficult for him to adapt,” recalls a member of the Barça youth soccer team, noting that the Uruguayan “arrived at the age of 19 and needed to quickly learn all the concepts.”
There the speech corresponds with Koeman’s current one. “He loves to learn, he is always attentive and strives like the first”, the first team coach has revealed more than once, adding to compliments such as that of Gerard Piqué, who considered this not too long ago with Araújo. “Barça has a power plant for the next ten years.
“He is like a sponge, he has character on the pitch and the profile of that knowledge of the serious, powerful and solid Uruguayan players,” agrees the same youth member, confident that his continuity in the club “cannot be questioned” .
At the moment Araújo has 27 games with the first team and with that it was enough both to pass for Umtiti and to move on to Lenglet in consideration of the fans, who were sighing to see him again in the axis of the defense. with Gerard Piqué awaiting the arrival of Eric García … That he will not land in Camp Nou with the consideration that the Uruguayan already has.
Barça may not win titles this season and some even consider it a fiasco, but Mingueza’s appearance, from Ilaix and Pedri, the growth of De Jong or the confirmation of Ansu Fati (now injured) are wonderful news in the future plans of the club. All and of course Araújo.