Sporting will try again for Jorquera

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Spanish first division club Sporting Gijón is still interested in Barcelona goalkeeper Albert Jorquera (29) (read more here).

Sporting is looking to sign a goalkeeper this month and would plan to make a new attempt to sign the Catalan player.

Barcelona would have rejected a move earlier this month because they wanted a permanent transfer while Sporting preferred a loan deal. Barcelona now doesn't seem willing anymore to let go Jorquera, who himseld would be open for a transfer, because they want to keep the current squad together.

Barcelona goalkpeeing coach Unzué, together with the other members of the technical staff, would have decided that Jorquera should stay until the end of the season, when the issue will again be looked at. Catalan radio station Ona FM claims that the staff doesn't want to take the risk of ending up with only one goalkeeper when Jorquera would leave and one of the two other goalkeepers would get injured.

Asturias regional newspaper La Voz de Asturias claimed last week that Jorquera first offered himself to Sporting, but that Barcelona rejected a move when Sporting had reached an agreement with the player. Now the position of Barcelona could have changed and Jorquera would be free to leave if he wishes so.

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Jorquera is looking for a club in Spain
No incoming or outgoing transfers planned
Barcelona holds on to Jorquera

Barcelona holds on to Jorquera

Asturias regional newspapers La Voz de Asturias and La Nueva España claim that Barcelona isn't willing to let Barcelona goalkeeper Albert Jorquera (29), whose contract with Barcelona expires in 2010, leave on loan to Spanish first division club Sporting Gijón.

Asturias regional newspaper El Comercio claims that it was Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola who stopped the talks, after Barcelona had already agreed to start the negotiations. La Voz de Asturias claims that the Barcelona technical staff wants to have three goalkeepers at their disposal for the rest of the season.

El Comercio claims that Jorquera, who is represented by player's agent Arturo Canales, had been offered to Sporting and was one of the main winter targets of the club earlier this week. Sporting wanted to sign Jorquera on loan until the end of the season with Barcelona paying part of his salary.

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Jorquera is looking for a club in Spain
Sporting Gijon wants Gai Assulin on loan
Jorquera is looking for an exit

Barça B: Joni Lopez (Sporting Gijon)

Gijon local newspaper El Comercio claims that Barcelona is negotiating the transfer of Sporting Gijón central defender Joni López (21), who would join Barcelona Atlètic on a one-year loan deal.

Sporting manager Manuel Preciado would have proposed Joni to train with the first team, that will play in the primera División this season, but that he would play with third division team Sporting B if he wasn't part of the first team's squad list for the weekend. The player rejected this offer.

On Tuesday, Joni's agent Gelu Rodríguez met with Sporting officials to discuss the situation of the player and the club has accepted that the defender, who has a contract until 2010, can leave the club on loan. Barcelona would only have to pay the salary of the player.

Asturias regional newspaper La Nueva España claims that two second division clubs and a bunch of third division clubs, amongst which Barcelona Atlètic, are intersted in Joni. The player would prefer to move to a second division team. Barcelona Atlètic coach Luis Enrique would have positive scouting reports about the player.

Asturias regional newspaper La Voz de Asturias reports that Real Madrid B and a foreign club are also following Joni, whose agent has yesterday been holding further talks on the transfer to Barcelona Atlètic. Barcelona wouldn't get an option to buy the player next summer but won't have to pay Sporting a fee for the loan.

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Joni prefers to join Barcelona Atlètic because Luis Enrique was his childhood idol.

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