Isco is not going to Berlin after all! We were interested, but we have our limits, reports Union

So this is a big shock and a twist. Isco Alarcón, the former Real Madrid star, was supposed to sign for Union Berlin, but after a medical, the German club backed out of the deal.

This morning it was practically a done deal. Isco Alarcón will join Union Berlin and sign a contract until 2024 with an option for another year.

the 30-year-old footballer, who left Real Madrid last summer after nine years to join Sevilla, had a falling out with new coach Jorge Sampaoli at the Andalusian club and the two sides agreed to terminate his contract early.

Isco was thus prevented from joining Union Berlin as a free agent, who are just one point behind second-placed Bayern in the Bundesliga.

But that’s not going to happen. Isco was supposed to undergo a medical today, only for the whole move to fall through. “There will be no deal,” coach Urs Fischer said dryly.

Oliver Ruhnert, the team’s sporting director, was more forthcoming. “We wanted to have Isco in Berlin, but we have our limits. They were exceeded today, contrary to a previous agreement,” Ruhnert said in an official club statement.

The Gestifute agency, which represents Isco and is owned by arguably football’s most influential agent, Jorge Mendes, who has Cristiano Ronaldo and other stars in his stable, commented on the situation as follows.

“In the course of the talks, we had to realise that our negotiating partner was no longer willing to move within the terms originally discussed,” Gestifute said.

According to the company, Union had thus promised Isco a certain salary, which it was subsequently no longer able to keep when the contracts were finalised. According to the Berlin-based unit, the counterparty asked for a higher salary than agreed. Where the truth lies is unlikely to be known.

Source: Union Berlin, Fabrizio Romano