Real Sociedad Could Move For Carlos Bueno

Spanish newspaper Marca have reported new coach Martín Lasarte could make Carlos Bueno the man to fire Real Sociedad to promotion next season. Like Sebastian Abreu before him, Carlos Bueno is a Uruguayan International striker with 27 caps and 16 goals to his name. The forward currently plays for Peñarol in his native Uruguay netting 10 times in 14 games for the club he started his career with. In his first spell he scored 73 times in 135 games before trying his luck in Europe with Paris Saint-Germain. This move didn't work out well for him where he barely featured at all only making 12 appearances and not managing to score at all. He was then loaned to Sporting Lisbon for the 2006-07 season and although he struggled to make an impact again, he did manage to score 4 goals in 20 minutes in a February 3, 2007 match against C.D. Nacional in which Sporting won 5-1, this after only playing the final 30 minutes of the game! If reports are to believed then both clubs are keen for a deal to be done and are deep in negotiations. I will of course update as soon as their is any news of a deal being done.

Another striker that Real have been linked to today is Rubén Castro. The Deportivo de La Coruña striker spent last season on loan to SD Huesca and scored 14 goals in 41 games and was pivotal in their efforts to avoid relegation. There are other teams however that are also chasing the player including Elche, Murcia, Cadiz and newly promoted Zaragoza and Xerez so competition for the player is big.

The club were hoping to be parading Johnatan Estrada as their first summer signing but this has been delayed due to the player not receiving his visa yet. I understand the deal is done and dusted and the player only has to follow formalities so it shouldn't be long before he is paraded to the fans.

The video below shows the 4 goals Carlos Bueno scored in one match for Sporting Lisbon.