Barcelona's Álex Collado joins Elche on a season-long loan..

2022-08-15 23:26

Barcelona

FC Barcelona's Álex Collado (pictured) has joined fellow La Liga side Elche CF on loan.




ELCHE - Elche have signed Barcelona midfielder Álex Collado.

 

The 23-year-old midfielder has joined on loan for the season.

 

According to the Catalan giants’ official club statement, a purchase option is not part of the deal.

 

It is the second successive loan in two season for Collado. The left-sided midfielder who primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, but can also play as a winger spent the second half of last season with Granada where he contributed two goals and one assist in 17 competitive games.

 

Due to the salary cap imposed by La Liga, Collado had not been able to be registered by Barça, he was set to be loaned to Club Brugge and Sheffield United in the summer window last season, but bureaucratic issues ultimately caused the move to be scuppered

 

On 9 December last year, Barça had announced that an agreement in principle was reached with Granada for the loan of Collado until the end of the season. However, due to the similar bureaucratic issues, Collado’s move could only be made official on the January 7, with the La Masia graduate making his debut the next day in a 1–1 draw in the league against his parent club.