According to Sport, Elche is seriously considering recruiting Barcelona academy centre-back Álvaro Cortés to strengthen their defence. The 21-year-old defender from Zaragoza has attracted interest from several clubs. Barcelona initially planned for him to join the first team in the 2026-2027 season, but ultimately decided to recruit a different centre-back and allow Cortés to leave.

As Sport previously reported, many clubs are competing for Cortés. In addition to Spanish teams, clubs from Italy, Germany, Croatia, and Club Brugge from Belgium are all trying to sign him in the final stages of the transfer window. According to our sources, Elche is also among the clubs pursuing Álvaro Cortés. The defender also made his first-team debut last season.

Cortés came through Zaragoza's academy before joining Barcelona at youth level in the 2021-2022 season. He has developed steadily at La Masia, becoming one of Barcelona Atletic's key centre-backs last season, competing in Spain's fourth division. During preseason this year, he trained under Flick and was initially planned to stay with the team, but Barcelona's management decided to sign another centre-back in the transfer market, pushing him towards the exit. Elche are monitoring his situation closely.

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