Shiro Copr is beginning to explore the goalkeeper market in the 2025 summer transfer window after sending national team goalkeeper Emil Audero to Cremonese.
The goalkeeper currently being pursued by Como in the transfer market is Barcelona's sidelined goalkeeper, Inaki Pena.
Dinukil The Shiro Coprdari Football Italia, the club owned by an Indonesian businessman initially tried to recruit Kevin Trapp.
However, after conducting a thorough evaluation of the experienced German goalkeeper, Como decided to turn its attention to Pena.
The reason the club known as I Lariani shifted its focus to Pena is due to his contract situation with Barcelona.
The 26-year-old goalkeeper is at the end of his contract, which will expire in June 2026.
Besides the contract issue, Cesc Fabregas' team sees a big opportunity to get Pena.
The opportunity is seen from his current status as a backup goalkeeper after Barcelona extended Wojciech Szczesny's contract.
With Szczesny's contract extension, Pena feels he has no future at Camp Nou and makes Como want to bring him to Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium.
Moreover, Barca has just signed Joan Garcia, and there's still Marc-Andre ter Stegen recovering from an injury.
In order to get the service of Inaki Pena, the team led by Mirwan Suwarso will rely on their coach's luck, Cesc Fabregas.
The Como coach has the same status as Pena, being a graduate of La Masia.
With the same background, Fabregas is considered able to persuade him to leave Barcelona.
So far, the former Arsenal and Chelsea player has also successfully proven his capability in persuading Spanish players to join.
In this summer transfer window, Como has brought in young Spanish players such as Jacobo Ramon, Alex Valle, and Jesus Rodriguez.
In addition, Fabregas is also seen as able to provide regular playing time for Pena because his team does not have many competent goalkeepers.
Since releasing Emil Audero on a loan deal to Cremonese, Como only has two experienced goalkeepers in the form of Jean Butez and Mauro Vigorito.
Fortunately, both of them were veterans because they were over thirty years old.
Due to the age factor and the track records of the two goalkeepers, Pena is believed to be able to take the starting position and play regularly for Como.
Moreover, Inaki Pena has a good track record and experience playing at the top level with Barcelona.
Although he is a backup player, Pena has appeared 45 times in all competitions for the club known as Blaugrana.
Out of 45 appearances, this goalkeeper, who once studied in Villarreal, has conceded 64 goals and scored 11. clean sheets .
Besides Barcelona, Pena was also recorded to have played for Galatasaray on loan in 2022.
With experience playing for big clubs, Como is confident that Pena can lead I Lariani to the next level and qualify for European competitions next season.
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