The Real Sociedad could be close to closing the incorporation of a new central. According to the journalist specialized in Roman Fabrizio signings, the Txuri Urdin club is “about to sign Duje ćaleta Car as a new central defense from the Olympique de Lyon”, information that has been confirmed by this newspaper. The 28 -year -old Croatian defender would have advanced negotiations with the Donostiarra club. The operation would fit within the movements looking for sports direction to reinforce the defense, although it would generate some doubts regarding the specific profile that the template needs.
Caleta Car with the selection of Croatia
Ćaleta car has played this last season a total of 28 official matches with the Olympique de Lyon: 19 in Ligue 1 and 9 in European competitions. The campaign began as a starter, but lost prominence with the passing of the months and had no regular participation in the final stretch of the course. Despite not being indisputable for Paulo Fonseca, the Portuguese coach who directed the team, the Croatian power plant has been a regular in the calls of his national team, under the orders of Zlatko Dalić. In Croatia he is valued for his tactical solidity and international experience.
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The Croatian power station began its career in the lower categories of HNK Šibenik, where it caught attention for its imposing physical and tactical maturity despite its youth. He was soon signed by the Red Bull Salzburgwhich integrated it into its development structure and yielded it to the liefing and pasching before settling in the first Austrian team. His performance in Austria earned a transfer to Olympique de Marseille in 2018, which paid 18 million of euros for him. In the French club he played four seasons, consolidating himself as one of the defenses with the greatest projection of the championship. In 2022, The Southampton invested 8 million euros To take it to the Premier League, but after a campaign without continuity, he was ceded to Lyon Olympicwhich subsequently signed it definitively for a figure close to four million.
Duje Caleta-Car, Defense of Olympique de Marseille
Caleta Car, a somewhat different profile for the Royal Society
As for his profile, ćleta Car is a physical defender, strong in the melee and dominant in the air game. Its main virtue is the ability to impose itself on duelsespecially in defensive actions to a stopped ball. Despite being right -handed, he has played a good part of his career as left -handed centralalthough in Lyon he has acted in recent times in the right profile. This ambivalence could be useful for Sergio Francisco, although he does not fit at all with the concrete left -hand profile that seemed priority for the real in this market, and strange the movement given the profile difference with respect to the rest of the names that the Royal Society has had on its agenda. Even so, what is clear is that the sports direction continues with the magnifying glass in the center of the rear, especially trying to find centimeters and power in the meleetwo conditions that Caleta Car has.
Even so, the terms of the operation are still discussed. The negotiation is advanced and could be closed in the next few days, although the agreement is currently not at all settled. However, as Mundo Deportivo, the Real Sociedad has been able to know It does not propose to close the signing of Caleta Car in the next few hoursalthough it is true that the positions are very close.
