Barcelona“Barça has given me everything.” After 18 years at the club, seven in the youth team, from where he left to return, and eleven in the first team, Jordi Alba could not hold back the tears in his farewell. Shaking, with a piece of paper in his hand, not forgetting to thank everyone who has helped him in his career as a professional, he burst into tears when he spoke of his grandfather Paco: “I will never be able to the thorn in my side that you didn’t see me play with Barça in the First Division. I dedicate my entire career to you.”
Very excited, reading brokenly, Jordi Alba says goodbye. He is the best left-back that Barça has had in the last decade, but he has never completely married the fans: “Sometimes I have been a bit vinegary”, he admitted. “If I have made a mistake, I apologize. Those who know me already know that I have always acted in good faith and without malice.” The Camp Nou dismissed him last Sunday with a loud ovation. The L’Hospitalet footballer ended his opening speech with “Long live Barça and long live Catalonia”, which caused the 1899 Camp Nou Auditorium full of family members, colleagues and the Blaugrana management and executive to stand up to applaud – him Alba also wanted to have a memory for the late Tito Vilanova.
“He is a legend of this club. The best left-back in Barça. As a player we all know the quality he has. As a person he is a phenomenon. Few full-backs attack the space like him and he has the foot to cross balls” , were some of the messages that, recorded on video, were dedicated to him by his teammates in an event presented by comedian José Corbacho, also from l’Hospitalet. His brother, David Alba, an unconditional pillar for him, has also participated. “When Jordi left the Barça squad, I don’t know why, I knew he would come back,” he said. On the other hand, Jordi Alba has confessed that he had never imagined it. “That I could become a First Division player, yes, return to Barça, I couldn’t think about it. I found it very difficult,” he admitted. The full-back made his elite debut with Valencia and, in 2012, Barça signed him for 14 million euros from the Valencian club. It was the beginning of a long career on the left side of the Camp Nou, where for many years he was one of Messi’s main partners. At the age of 34, Jordi Alba says goodbye with six Leagues, one Champions League, five Copas del Rey and a stack more titles as a Barça player. He has not yet decided his future.
Gerard Piqué, as in Sergio Busquets’ farewell, has also entered the scene. “When you make one fucking to Jordi, he quickly returned it to you. On the other hand, it takes longer for Busi and it can take days to get it back to you.” And Alba replied: “I get angry very quickly, but it also happens quickly.” Piqué continued to gloss over his ex-teammate: ” Inwardly it is one thing and outwardly it may seem another. This happens in football, but when you get to know him well you see the great background he has. And that is far more important than any title. Sometimes, Jordi could go on television after a game or scold a teammate a lot while you’re playing, like Lenglet, who had him fried, but then you see what a great person he is,” added the ex-central player.
Jordi Alba’s most difficult season
With the Spanish national team he won the European Championship in 2012. “I would like to highlight the exemplary behavior he has had this season at Barça, complicated for him”, said the coach, also in a video message Vicente del Bosque. In the same line, Luis Enrique has expressed himself, with whom he agreed both at the Barcelona club in the state combined. The Asturian has added to his good treatment this season by “helping the youngest” of Barça.
After eleven seasons on the left side of the Camp Nou, Alba has this year completed his first 100% performance as Alejandro Balde’s substitute. “I know that at the beginning of the season I was angry, but I understand the situation. I am leaving very grateful”. does between tears.
2023-06-01 17:43:36
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