​Alexandru Pashcanu, a defender who has made 25 appearances for the youth team of Romania, has been loaned by Ponferrada to Sporting Gijon.

Aleksandr Pashkan was loaned to Gihon Sporting

Ponferradine, a team relegated to Spain’s third division, signed Pashcana from CFR Cluj in the summer of 2020.

According to the Spanish press, Gijón will pay 100,000 euros for the rental of the defender. If the second division Pyrenean side are satisfied with the Romanian’s performance, they will have to pay another €600,000 to make the transfer final.

According to Transfermarkt, Alexander Pashkan (24 years old) is valued at one million euros.

“Alex Pascanu, who has dual Romanian and English citizenship, started his football career at Leicester City’s academy.

His first contact with football in Spain came in the summer of 2020 when he arrived at SD Ponferradina.

As part of Ponferradine, he played more than 100 games in the last three seasons, becoming the defensive milestone of the championship, and scored 5 goals.

The central defender goes on loan, and our club reserves the option of a permanent transfer at the end of the season” – Sporting Gijon.