Argentinian newspaper La Nación claims that all parties involved signed a pre-agreement on the transfer of Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26) to Barcelona on the 31st of January of this year.
With the contacts already having started in December 2006 and after negotiations with a lot of ups and downs, Barcelona representative Joan Patsy, Palacio's agent Roberto Depietri, Palacio's father José Ramón Palacio and Boca president Pedro Pompilio signed the official pre-agreement at the end of January, with Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain following the final negotiations by phone.
Palacio would sign a three-year contract with an option for an extra year. Barcelona will pay Boca Juniors a transfer fee of 11 million euro° with another possible 4 million euro° variables, three of which were depending on the participation of Boca in the Trofeo Joan Gamper pre-season match in August.
The deal furter explained the incentives Palacio would receive for his performances. It was also stated that Barcelona wouldn't allow the striker to join the Argentinian national team at other dates than the official FIFA dates and that he would be one of the Nike stars during the first three years of his contract.
Because of the institutional crisis Barcelona is going through and the need to bring in a more high profiled striker, the deal would nevertheless have been put on hold. The pre-agreement would be the reason why a 16 million euro offer for Palacio by Italian club Lazio Roma was rejected last month.
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Thursday, 31 July 2008
Pre-agreement on Palacio transfer put on hold
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Palacio fears Barcelona media pressure
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26) has asked his agent Roberto Depietri to give priority to offers coming from clubs with a lower profile than Barcelona.
Despite talks between officials from Barcelona and Boca Juniors in the last days during which both parties came closer to a deal (read more here), the Argentian striker wouldn't be ready to deal with the media pressure he would feel when joining Barcelona. Palacio is known to be a very shy person, who gives almost never interviews and who had already problems with his football boots sponsor because he didn't want to participate in promotional acts.
Although clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal, Juventus and Lyon are interested in Palacio, the player has made clear to his agent that, if he will leave Argentinia, he will only accept to go to Spain. Besides Barcelona, Sevilla and Villareal would be following the forward. Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Sevilla will use 20 million euro° of the transfer fee they will receive for right back defender Daniel Alves, to launch a bid for Palacio.
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Thursday, 15 May 2008
Deal on Argentinian international Palacio close
Catalan sports site Info Esports claims that Barcelona is close to reach an agreement on the transfer of Boca Juniors forward and Argentinian international Rodrigo Palacio (26) (read more here).
Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain would have closed a deal with Palacio's agent, Roberto Depietri. Boca wants the player to stay until the end of the Clausura competition (last match on June 15th) and the Copa Libertadores (final on July 2nd). The transfer could be announced in the coming days.
Madrid sports tabloid As claims that the deal is totally agreed upon by all parties and that it has been negotiated by Barcelona external adviser Joan Patsy. Palacio, who has been close to joining Barcelona several times in the last years, would sign a contract that will link him to Barcelona for the next four seasons.
As and Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claim that Boca Juniors had initially been asking a transfer fee of 20 million euro, with the latter suggesting that the Argentinian club was expected to accept an offer of 15 million euro. As reports that there was an agreement for 12 million euro° but that Boca now wants to add five million euro more to that price. Info Esports claims that Boca Juniors will receive 17 million euro° for the transfer of Argentinian international Palacio.
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