Real Betis are looking to include a ‘purchase option’ in any deal for Leeds United’s Marc Roca, who they are targeting on loan this summer.
That’s according to Mucho Deporte, who say Leeds are aware the player ‘doesn’t want to continue’ at Elland Road after arriving last year.
Several reports over the last few days have indicated that Betis are keen on a deal for Roca, with it explained today that he has a clause in his contract allowing him to leave on loan if the club he goes to pays his wages.
Betis are keen to take him but need to make room in their budget to fit him in, with his big wages at Leeds, and the current turmoil at the Championship club, causing a delay in getting it over the line.
They’re now keen to get him if they can and Roca is open to the move, having made Leeds aware that he doesn’t want to continue his short spell in England following relegation.
That is because he ‘has an offer’ from Betis, who can offer him football in the top flight in Spain. They, via director Ramón Planes, are now negotiating with the player’s agency, Promoesport, to secure a loan deal with a purchase option included.
They would be happy to ‘assume a large part’ of his current wages, although not all of it because he is ‘very well paid’ at Leeds after playing in the Premier League.
Everything is currently ‘going at the right pace’ but Betis cannot conclude things as they don’t know their salary limit as yet. There is also nobody at Leeds to take control of things given they’re set for a takeover and don’t have a director of football.
Betis are ‘in a hurry’ to at least get Roca’s approval and then work on an ‘economically feasible’ exit and have no problem if that takes a while and the process is delayed for a few weeks.
The obvious solution is that Roca takes a pay cut to ensure Leeds don’t pay a penny and Betis can definitely afford him, but that’s just our opinion on the matter and not something they seem to be looking at for now.
