Juani Marcos (Rosario, 2000) knows that he is before Great opportunity of his sports career. A career that has been cooking over low heat and whose work has finally ended up paying fruit in the form of a Barça call. It was the Barça who brought it to Argentina in 2019 and is the Catalan club again who thinks again of the game director to reinforce his machine room.
Juani has become older in Lleida, Club in which he played a couple of seasons when he still belonged to Barca discipline, as in Girona. Fontajau has been his home these two courses, and there he has established himself as a full ACB player, and who will now face the most important jump in his career as the one involved in reaching a transatlantic such as Barça, especially in a Title famine.
Juani Marcos and Juan Núñez will share costumes / EFE
'Lapro', Juani Marcos 'older brother' at Barça
The new '2' Barca lands at the Palau with the supervision and shelter of Nico Laprovittola, that embodies that figure of older brother so useful and necessary to enter with good foot to a costume composed of big names of European basketball in recent years.
“Sharing with Nico is something that makes me very happy. I am enjoying, taking advantage of him, everything he lived, all his experience, everything he played for the national team for the rest of the club, the NBA game and everything. It is a crack, both inside the court and person, I am enjoying and living with him a very beautiful experience. From day 1 with that role as captain tried to introduce the group in the fastest way So yes, 100 % is a key factor in which I can adapt to the team little by little, “Juani shared with this newspaper during his presentation.
Juani Marcos and Nico Laprovittola will share exterior positions at Barça / FCB
And it was in another starting point event, such as the Presentation of the Endesa League, in which an ex -partner of his had very pleasant words towards him. It is the interior of the Bàsquet Girona Juan Fernández, with whom he shared costumes last year in Fontajau and with which he also coincides in the absolute albiceles. Moncho Fernández He will still have a good colony of Argentines under his orders (Maxi Fjellerup, Pepe Vildoza, and Juan Fernández himself), but the truth is that Juani Marcos's loss is sensitive to the Galician coach.
The affectionate words of his former companion Juan Fernández
“I've been to him this summer, he continues to improve day by day. I know it since we agreed on the U-19 and I see the progression that we have had and I am very happy for him and the opportunity that has arisen. I know you will take advantage of it because it has a lot of self -confidence to play on the court and that will be seen sooner or later, “ Fernández shared in Sport.
For its part, the Barca club shared through its media an interview with Juani Marcos in which the player commented those desire to take the opportunity that Barça gives him.
“The effort is unnegotiable in Barça”
“I've always had in the head that I could return to Barça. It has happened faster than I expected, but I am very happy, I value it a lot and I am enjoying it. I really like the versatility in several positions. We always have to go for all, to compete. The effort is undenociable and we will always try to give the maximum “he commented in the talk with the club media.
Juani Marcos poses with the rest of the signings / Valentine Enrich
As happened in the past to one of his companions, Marcos will debut this season at the Euroleague. A back count in which there is less and less time left, since Barça visits Bulgaria to Hapoel Tel Aviv This next Tuesday (18h CET) on the return of the Catalans to the European competition. It will not be the only continental commitment of the week, since on Friday (20: 15h CET), again at home, one of the favorites is measured to win the title such as the Panathinaikos.
