In line with Fabrizio Romano, FC Barcelona teen Aron Yaakobishvili has signed his contract as a brand new UD Almeria participant.
The 20-year-old La Masia shot-stopper will be a part of the Spanish membership on a season-long mortgage deal, with the settlement together with a clause for them to purchase 50% of the participant’s financial rights from the Catalans subsequent yr.
Yaakobishvili bids goodbye
Yaakobishvili spent the final season away on mortgage at Andorra and made a good impression, having been an everyday starter for a lot of the marketing campaign.
Having returned to Barcelona this summer time, the Hungarian goalkeeper remained part of the first-team dynamics throughout pre-season, even getting minutes in earlier pleasant matches.
🔴⚪️🇭🇺 Aron Yaakobishvili has simply signed his contract as new UD Almería participant from Barcelona.
Mortgage transfer with purchase choice clause for 50% rights of the participant from 2027. pic.twitter.com/tY9FreJOwS
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 17, 2026
Nonetheless, with time, it was made clear to the teen that he would seemingly should cope with the third-choice goalkeeping spot if he stayed on the membership.
As such, Yaakobishvili determined to go away Barcelona to affix a membership the place he can play often and proceed his growth.
The goalkeeper had been coaching away from the remainder of the group in latest days and has now signed his contract with Almeria, with an official announcement prone to arrive quickly.
Whereas it was beforehand urged that Yaakobishvili can be becoming a member of Almeria on a permanent transfer worth around €2-3 million, he indicators for the second-division outfit on a mortgage deal, with an choice to make the switch everlasting subsequent yr.
Even then, Barcelona won’t relinquish whole management of the participant because the purchase clause inserted is just for 50% of the participant’s rights.
Goalkeeping clean-up continues
One of many vital aims for Deco and Hansi Flick coming into the summer time was to wash up Barcelona’s goalkeeping division.
In spite of everything, the Catalans already had Joan Garcia and Wojciech Szczesny as first-team choices whereas the likes of Inaki Pena, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and Yaakobishvili have been coming back from mortgage.
To not point out the younger prospects inside the membership comparable to Diego Kochen, Ander Astralaga, and Eder Aller additionally within the image.
The sporting division, although, has managed to wash up the state of affairs effectively. Pena was bought earlier in the summertime whereas Astralaga left after his contract expired.
Kochen moved out on mortgage, whereas Ter Stegen additionally signed for Ajax on a mortgage deal. Now, Yaakobishvili can be on his means out.
Garcia would be the undisputed starter in objective for Barcelona, with Szczesny appearing as cowl. As for the third-choice spot, the plan is to rotate between Aller and Iker Rodriguez, who will preserve transferring between the first-team dynamics and Barça Atletic.
