Barcelona came to spy on Jovic but ruled out his incorporation by not fitting in with the characteristics that Luis Suárez’s substitute must have.
THE INTRAHISTORY
Luka Jovic did not have a real chance of wearing the Barcelona shirt, who observed him on occasions to conclude that he did not fit the profile of the player he was looking for on the attacking front. Pep Segura, Ramon Planes and Eric Abidal saw him live on March 14, 2019 on the visit of his former team, Eintracht Frankfurt, Inter Milan and already then ruled out bidding for a player who finally went to Real Madrid , where hasn’t even gotten close to the 27 targets that transformed last season, limiting his blank contribution to 2 goals and 2 assists.
Jovic, a too static striker
The performance he offered last year in the Eintracht jersey naturally caught the attention of Barcelona. But the Barça club observed in the Serbian too static game, little associative capacity and little versatility when exchanging positions with his attack partners. According to what Mundo Deportivo publishes today, Barcelona’s technical services never doubted its quality, but rather estimated how the striker’s profile did not fit the desired characteristics to act as a substitute for Luis Suárez.
Player |
Pass Accuracy 18/19 |
Pass accuracy 19/20 |
| Luis Suarez | 76% | 74% |
| Benzema | 84% | 85% |
| Griezmann | 77% | 82% |
| Jovic | 70% | 79% |
Jovic scored the team’s winning goal at Giuseppe Meazza under the watchful eyes of Segura, Abidal and Planes, who produced very positive reports on the player but also made clear how he did not offer the skills required by Barcelona’s technical services. He did convince Real Madrid, in turn looking for a replacement for Karim Benzema, but he has not managed to shade the Frenchman anywhere.. The Catalan club, by contrast, preferred to bet on an Antoine Griezmann who was not a center forward but whose quality and combining ability have allowed him to at least start in Barça despite doing it without shining.
More controversy than goals with Real Madrid
“Jovic is the nine” read some cover edited in the capital when the Whites took their services in mid-April 2019. But the Serbian is having trouble adapting to Real Madrid and has made headlines for his behavior off the pitch more than for his goals. In September He returned with discomfort from his first call with the national team after donning the white jacket and more recently, he escaped confinement and even had to give a statement to the Serbian authorities about his conduct, which could have been the cause of a criminal case.
Medical report: Jović. #Real Madrid
– Real Madrid C.F.⚽ (@realmadrid) May 8, 2020
When he returned to Spain, Real Madrid detected that a fracture had occurred in a foot bone that had allegedly occurred while training to his father admitted that it had been “falling from a wall in his house”. But by now Jovic’s luck was already cast. In the entire month of February, it had barely contested three moments and its market share since Real Madrid paid 60 million for it, it has fallen by half according to Transfermarkt, which confirms that, in effect, Barcelona both succeeded in dismissing his incorporation and allowing him to sign for Real Madrid. Because, as Napoleon Bonaparte said, “don’t interrupt your enemy when he is about to make a mistake”.
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