Ex-Real Madrid Football Player Joins a Spanish Lower Division Club in Deal Fi...

Ex-Real Madrid Football Player Joins a Spanish Lower Division Club in Deal Fi...

In a possible first for Spanish football, DUX Internacional de Madrid, a lower division team says it has used crypto buy a new player. The player, David Barral moved to his new club after Criptan, the new club sponsor facilitated the acquisition. Criptan is a cryptocurrency trading company that is registered in Valencia, Spain. Meanwhile, following the player’s move, a Spanish football news site quotes Barral, who is now aged 37, expressing his eagerness to continue playing for what will be his seventh club. Barral says: I am happy to join this project, with desire, ambition and....


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