The azulgrana team did not want to wait and rules out negotiating with Valencia Basket
Now it is the ‘taronja’ team who will only be able to retain the forward if they match the Barça offer in a maximum of five days
Barça has presented an offer for Nikola Kalinic to the ACB and in this way rules out negotiating his signing with Valencia. The player revealed his intention to return to ACB competitions after said entity released the list of players in the same condition as him. A clear indication of his desire to participate in the Endesa League next season and he wants to do it at Barça, As we say, this Saturday he presented his offer to the ACB League for the Serbian forward.
Everything indicates that Kalinic, 30 years old and 2.02, already has a closed agreement with Barça but it is Valencia who have their rights, so the Taronja team now has five days to match the Barça offer.
Kalinic was already in Barça’s orbit last year, but the player, after leaving Valencia, opted for Red Star’s offer. Although things have not gone very well for him at the Serbian club that has left him owing a lot of money from the agreed record and the player has decided to return to the ACB and specifically, to Barça.
must terminate
First, he must completely disassociate himself from the Serbian team, which has returned to the Euroleague this year, and with whom he still had one more year of contract but with whom he has monthly payments pending payment. Barça, in case the player does not disassociate himself due to that lack of payment, would have to pay some type of contract termination. With the desire shown by Kalinic to return to the ACB, according to the regulations, the Barça club had 13 calendar days to present an offer on the forward and wait for the response from the ‘taronja’ club, but the Blaugrana entity did not want to wait any longer of what is necessary and yesterday it already presented its offer to the ACB.
The ball is now on the roof of Valencia Basket which He will have to match the Barça offer to retain the player. In the event that the team coached by Alex Mumbrú does not move, Kalinic will automatically become a Barça player.
Everything points to the Valencian team ruling out making a counter offer since the Valencia coach does not consider him a necessary piece in his squad. But in the event that Valencia matched Barça’s offer, Kalinic would not be forced to wear the ‘taronja’ shirt since he could play for any European team that is not from the ACB. The decision would be up to the player.