{"id":439329,"date":"2023-07-06T08:10:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T12:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.7sport.net\/en\/news-single\/barca-ink-inigo-martinez-on-free-transfer\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T13:46:15","slug":"barca-ink-inigo-martinez-on-free-transfer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/barca-ink-inigo-martinez-on-free-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Barca ink Inigo Martinez on free transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona shared today that the defender Inigo Martinez will join the club on a free transfer after his contract with Athletic Club expired.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez is the player with the highest percentage of La Liga games as a starter in the 21st Century (with at least 250 appearances): 99.7%, 351 starts in 352 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@OptaJose<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/faWeBrIGw5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/faWeBrIGw5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar\u00e7a Universal (@BarcaUniversal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarcaUniversal\/status\/1676665824986255375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Inigo signs a 2-year contract with the Catalan team and will compete for a place in the starting squad as the centre-back with Ronald Ara\u00fajo, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kound\u00e9, and Eric Garc\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona wanted to add to their squad the defender a year ago, but they failed to reach an agreement with Athletic Club, as the Basque team decided to keep the player for 1 more season despite the risk of him leaving without a transfer fee when his deal expires.<\/p>\n<p>After Martinez\u2019s deal with Athletic expired, that\u2019s exactly what happened as he negotiated his details with Barca and inked a 2-campaign deal.<\/p>\n<p>Inigo is a left-footed centre-back, and that will give the club\u2019s head coach Xavi more options in the defensive end.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">10 things you (probably) didn&#8217;t know about our new signing, I\u00f1igo Martinez   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NhzCYywe6s\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NhzCYywe6s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1676652505084600335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona shared today that the defender Inigo Martinez will join the club on a free transfer after his contract with Athletic Club expired. 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