Heurtel: his labyrinth towards Real Madrid
The soap opera is over.
Or not.
At least,
Thomas Heurtel is no longer a Barça player
after rescinding, this time by mutual agreement, the contract that bound him until June 30, 2022 - the 2021/22 season being optional - with the Barça team.
Which is not to say that he is completely free to sign for any team ...
Because Barça had already made it clear that he was not going to let the Frenchman get away with it as long as he kept paying him, that it was none other than signing for Real Madrid.
Their pulse did not even tremble to
leave him stranded in Istanbul in the midst of a pandemic
when they learned of his intentions, in the unfortunate episode that blew up everything.
They had already removed him from the discipline of the first team and for a few weeks he trained alone, collecting his high record.
But once
the deadline to sign for another Euroleague team had passed
(January 6), the negotiations returned and Heurtel, who will turn 32 in April, has won his freedom.
Of course, a 'probation'.
Because, according to various information, a veto is included in the signed clauses: neither can
any ACB team
sign
the remainder of the course
.
That is, he will not wear white (now) not even to play the domestic competition.
A scenario that would have been another script twist.
So the options for Heurtel, who next month will wear a short with the French team for the FIBA Windows for which he has been called up, are not too many.
He could sign for any European team that does not play the Euroleague or the ACB.
For example,
one of the Eurocup
clubs, where the most sportingly and economically powerful clubs, in addition to the Spanish ones, are the Virtus de Bolonia (Marco Belinelli just debuted), Lokomotiv Kuban, UNICS Kazan or Monaco, current league leaders French.
Heurtel could also go to the powerful Chinese league, where financially he would obtain a good reward until from next summer he could return to the Euroleague.
Although the current pandemic situation complicates everything.
Or be patient, continue preparing alone, play the Olympic Games with France and, as of June, be a new Real Madrid player.
The whites, who lost Campazzo in December, and who have
Laprovittola, Alocén and Llull
for the base position, would be about to close the deal with Heurtel.
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