2023-07-14 03:17:42
After the batch of departures that “devastated” the FC Barcelona basketball squad, the board continues to work to preserve a winning team, and implement it. The last “ball” culé comes from the NBA, and it is that Willy Hernangómez is a new player for the Blaugrana team until 2026. Real Madrid have not exercised their right of first refusal, which gave them the opportunity to match or improve the offer that the blaugrana had made to the pivot. For this reason, the former Real Madrid player lands at Can Barça in search of new successes with the culé jersey.
The Spaniard decides to continue his career away from the NBA, in Barcelona, although the player dissociated himself from the Pelicans after not renewing with them and being in the American market. Now, at the age of 29, he is looking to win titles in a team that he did not rule out in the past: “I am a youth squad player Real Madrid but in the end, I want to feel important and I don’t close the doors to anything“, declared the Spaniard.
He Real Madrid considers it off the market
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The white club had until yesterday, Wednesday, until 11:59 p.m. to match or improve Barça’s offer to Hernangómez, figures that translate into 12.5 million euros gross in three years (3.5 million the first year and 4.5 million each of the following two) and a clause of 700,000 euros that the culés put the pivot on the table.
The set of Chus Mateo has the pivot position covered, with the colossus Tavares and Vincent Poirier as alternatives. For his part, Tavares and Madrid are working to renew the basketball player until 2024an agreement that the club considers very close.
Return to Spain after an NBA odyssey through different franchises
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Willy Hernangómez returns to his native country after going through the best basketball league in the world. New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans are the three franchises that the Spaniard has served over these seven seasons. The Pelicans decided not to renew the center, despite being named Eurobasket MVP, in which Spain was champion.
Now, the man from Madrid has a major challenge in front of him, in which the board has wanted to make a 180º turn in his sports planning. Exits like those of Jasikevicius on the bench, the goodbye of Nikola Mirotic and the departures of Kuric, Sanli or Tobey left a depleted Barça and with some concern around them. Hernangómez arrives with all the leadership in the world, and with expectations that live up to what he is, a great national center wanting to prove his worth at Can Barça. Willy Hernangomez constitutes a reinforcement of great value, and accompanies Joel Parra and the new coach, Roger Grimau, as new faces at Barça Basket.
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