Talks with Uruguayan left back Perez confirmed

Asked about the rumours linking him with Barcelona (read more here), Danubio left back defender Matías Pérez (23) has said in an interview with Uruguayan sports paper Ovación that

"Others are taking care of it and they don't tell me a lot. I know they were interested but nothing more. My representatives have been talking and they are working on it. But I'm not aware on how things stand now. We know how this goes, sometimes something appears and you don't know where it's coming from.

But of course it's something spectacular. The sole fact that they are interested, that they are monitoring you, watching you, is incredible. But you have to take these things with a grain of salt, because you don't know what will come out of it. At this moment, my plan is to start again with Danubio next week."

The Uruguayan sports paper reports that Pérez, whose contract with Danubio expires in July, is represented by player's agency Pro Fútbol. A spokesperson of the latter confirmed to the paper that agency directors Paolo Montero y Gustavo Méndez are at this moment in Spain where they have been holding talks with Barcelona.

The player's agent Martín Guastadisegno is meanwhile quoted by Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo as saying that he has talked "over the last days" with Barcelona general director of football Raúl Sanllehí. The paper claims that Barcelona could be studying the option of buying the player and loaning him out afterwards (read more here).

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Uruguayan left back Matias Perez offered

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona is interested in Danubio left back defender Matías Pérez (23).

Barcelona's technical department has asked the scouts to closely follow all promising young left back defenders and Pérez would be among the players who are monitired.

Barcelona has been following the Uruguayan defender for months. Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain contacted the player's agent, Martín Guastadisegno, a first time last summer. A few days ago, Guastadisegno would have offered Pérez to Barcelona during a meeting with Barcelona general director of football Raúl Sanllehí.

Barcelona didn't yet make a decision on Pérez. Although the club doesn't consider him to be at this moment a player for the first team squad, they are considering the option of signing the left back and loaning him out to another club and will keep on following him.

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Watch Pérez scoring a goal (number two ranked goal):