Alberto Botia, who moved to Sporting Gijon from FC Barcelona two years ago, has been speaking about Barça’s rumoured move for his Gijon team-mate Jose Angel, with the young centre-back praising his fellow defender’s ability and personality very highly.
“Barça has some magnificent facilities and if José Angel takes advantage of his opportunity then Barça will be assured of a left back for many years,” said Botia. Continuing on, he stated that “José Angel is a player that knows how to defend well and who does not like to lose the ball. He is a player that gets forward with ease and he can hit a very, very strong shot. He has brutal power. For me, he is a footballer that can take that jump up to reach the level at Barça.”
Discussing what he thought Angel would bring to the atmosphere in the Barça dressing room, Botía confirmed that his team-mate would fit in naturally with the many big personalities at the Camp Nou. “He is the type of person you can get on with very well. The truth is that, if in the end, he does go, the dressing room at Sporting is going to miss him very much. He is one of those people who you’d call charismatic.”
On his own Barça future, Botia refused to be drawn, saying, “In these moments, nobody has said anything to me about transfers. I am a Sporting player and I continue to the wait to know what my future will be. The first thing for me is to see if I am included in Luis Milla’s (under 21) side and to know if I am to go the European championships. As for anything else, I have no choice but to wait.”
Who knows, perhaps there will be two players arriving from Sporting this summer? We shall keep you updated of any further developments as soon as we have them.
If we win the CL this year that is. I also bought José Ángel for the 2011-2012 season so it's getting scary.
