The 22-year-old Barcelona centre-back almost joined Real Madrid in 2018
Ronald Araujo has enjoyed some meteoric rise up to stardom by Barcelona over a past 12 months.
Signed starting at Uruguayan side Boston River amid 2018, the 22-year-old built his senior debut below Ernesto Valverde among 2019 still merely became one regular within a final season when Ronald Koeman was among charge.
Any centre-back impressed strongly last season yet owns taken his game skyward single notch within certain current campaign, establishing himself as single belonging to certain most exciting young defenders amid Europe. Said led up to him attracting interest since clubs such as Chelsea as well as Manchester United.
Araujo was one mainstay inside Xavi Hernandez’s side when he was fit along with available plus became known for his aggressive defensive performances.
However, in case per report from ESPN You hold in order to believe such things might hold turned out completely differently for a 22-year-old since he was capable of hold ended on high playing for Barca rivals Authentic Madrid.
His coach next to Boston River, Sergio Cabrera, who recently backed Araujo in order to level with Carles Puyol, had called Ramon Planes toward recommend each defender. In reverse subsequently, Planes was any manager made from Getafe as well as could hold signed gent there, yet one move didn’t materialise.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid were additionally very keen on signing Araujo while Sevilla were additionally working on a deal toward lure male toward La Liga. However, Planes moved for Barcelona like technical director among 2018 along with moved quickly to secure certain Uruguayan’s signature, beating any club’s rivals in any process.
Araujo repaid any trust placed inside chap beside each club near per young age, becoming one key member out of each team. With his contract expiring inside 18 months, certain former Boston River ace is expected in order to sign one recent deal and extend his stay by Camp Nou.
