Héctor Fort heads to Real Sociedad after FC Barcelona and the txuri-urdin club reached an agreement for the sale of the player. Pending the official announcement likely to be made throughout today, this newspaper has been able to confirm a deal that will allow Barça to earn between eight and nine million euros by selling 60% of the 20-year-old right-back.
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The blaugrana club reserves a buy-back option as they do not want to lose a player with such future potential. According to the ‘Diario Vasco’, the defender’s return to Barcelona would cost the Catalan club 20 million euros during the first two years, and 25 from the third year onwards. The Catalan signs for Real for four or five seasons.
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The player’s agents (Arturo Canales and Fernando Solanas) have held several meetings with Deco, Barcelona’s technical director, until closing the deal in the last hours. Héctor Fort, loaned last season to Elche, has not been included in any of Hansi Flick’s call-ups in the first two league rounds, while Barça finalized his transfer. Borussia Dortmund was also after him.
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