Saturday, July 23, 2011

OFFICIAL: Bojan is gone


With the signing of Alexis Sanchez a done deal, FC Barcelona have gone ahead and announced the transfer of La Masia graduate and striker Bojan Krkic to Italian Serie A club, AS Roma. The Catalan club’s official site confirmed the departure of the 20-year-old player as it declared that the two clubs had agreed on a fee of 12 million euros. Bojan Krkic will join Luis Enrique, former FC Barcelona player and coach of Barcelona B, who was recently appointed coach of the Italian club.

The transfer includes an obligatory buy-back clause which entitles FC Barcelona to bring get Krkic back to Camp Nou for a fee of 13 million at the end of the 2012/13 season. However, the club’s site noted that “this purchase can be blocked by AS Roma“, if they raise the overall cost of the transfer to 40 million euros.

We all wish him a successful career ahead of him.

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