Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo have linked Barcelona with a swoop for Liverpool centre-half Daniel Agger.
Ignoring the fact that Agger has YNWA tattooed on his knuckles, literally, the Spanish paper report that the Danish international “is crazy about going to the club.”
According to journalist Roger Torello, Agger has become Barcelona’s prime defensive target this summer after moves for PSG’s Thiago Silva have faltered.
The Catalans believe that signing the Brazilian international is “very complicated and depends on many factors”, while ultimately “the signing of Thiago Silva requires a heavy investment now falls outside the scope of the club.”
Sadly El Mundo Deportivo failed to quantify those statements with any tangible numbers.
With Barcelona now seeking a cheaper centre-half alternative, Liverpool favourite Daniel Agger is reportedly at the front of the queue.
The story has been given extra fuel after Liverpool academy chief Rodolfo Borrell, a former Barcelona youth-coach, told reporters that Daniel Agger would fit in perfectly at the Camp Nou. Borrell told Catalan radio this week:
Agger has the right characteristics to adapt to Barca’s play. He is a very trustworthy centre-half, above all on the ball, because he comes out very well with it. In a style like Barca’s where he start to build moves from the keeper, a defender must have a good pass, must make the right decisions, and be quick when you lose the ball and good in the air at set-pieces both in defence and attack. Agger fulfills all these qualities.
