2023-06-01 21:48:31
Jordi Albaa FC Barcelona player, said goodbye to the Blaugrana club this Thursday in an institutional act of tribute, at the Auditori 1899 of the Camp Nou, which was emotional and heartfelt to say goodbye to a “legend”, apart from the “soul” of the Blaugrana club , who assured that it was a bit ‘vinegar’ in terms of character, although his teammates, coach and president assured that a “heart with legs” is leaving.
The actor and comedian José Corbacho, a natural like Jordi Alba from L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, led an act very similar to the one he experienced on Wednesday Sergio Busquets on the pitch of the Spotify Camp Nou -now turned upside down due to the works- and which had speeches live and on video from colleagues, ex-colleagues, family and friends.
An act in which Jordi Alba was honest and assured that not even in his best dreams could he imagine a “better farewell”. «Thanks to fans and partners, for the love. We have had spectacular moments, others that were not easy, but we always went forward together and that is the most important thing », he was honest.
«I fondly remember my beginnings in the quarry, I learned a lot as a player and as a person. I was chosen to lay the first stone of the Sports City, and who would tell me that later I would be here? I have always tried to do my best for this shield, although sometimes it is true that I have been a bit vinegar. If I’ve been wrong, I apologize. I have always been in good faith and honesty,” she added.
That being ‘vinegar’ in the sense of being something ‘whiny’ and picky in the locker room was confirmed by both his teammates and his current coach, Xavi Hernández. He has a great relationship with the man from Terrassa, and assured that he does not hold a grudge against him for having seated him in many games and having opted for the young Alejandro Balde. «Surely he has been disappointed with me, for having to make decisions against his will. But we talked a few days ago, we were honest, and I prefer his person, for being a heart with legs. He is extraordinary, always helping others. I have been his partner and I keep his smile. He is a vacilón, many times ‘vinegar’ but in a positive sense”, pointed out Xavi.
«As a coach, with Xavi it has been a different stage that I liked less, but I don’t take it into account at all. Look for the good of the group, I understand the situation although it was difficult to assimilate it, because he had been a starter for years. The relationship is great, I’m going to miss him. I have not gotten angry with Xavi at all, I understand the situation and I’m staying with it, “replied the winger.
Jordi Alba He leaves as a Barça player, but he believes that he will return. “It is not a goodbye, it is a see you soon because one day I will return if they ask me to give the club everything it may need. I didn’t expect to win everything I’ve won, all the games played and titles won”, acknowledged the full-back, who assured that when he left La Masia as a child to go to Cornellà he thought that his Blaugrana stage would end there. «When I went to Cornellà as a child I thought I would not return. I believed in myself, that I had the level to play in the First Division, but I didn’t think I had it to play for Barcelona,” he said.
Laporta’s words
He may return to the club for the second time, or at least that is how the president, Joan Laporta, invited him to do so. In addition, he revealed that Alba gave up part of the record when he left. “Jordi has helped the club financially. In football, few people are capable of doing it. Jordi will continue his career, he still has a rope, but he has had the reference of helping the club and giving up an important part of his record, to give us room to make an increasingly competitive team. I thank him publicly, he shows his personality a lot, what an excellent person and Barcelona supporter he is. You know that Barça is your home and we will be here for whatever you need, “he assured him.
«With the ‘president’ we have a very good friendship, we have gone to eat together because we wanted to, I am very fond of him. And I leave happy, with my head held high, I would have liked to stay longer but it was time to leave. I have given everything for this club, I am very happy with what I have achieved. And I thank you for saying this, “she replied.
Laporta, relaxed after firing Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, said he was “worried”. “These acts are so beautiful that let’s see if everyone cheers up, Mateu,” he joked, referring to the soccer director Mateu Alemant. The president assured that Alba is “charismatic and loved”, and acknowledged that he was moved, just like when he revealed that financial aid from Alba, when he saw him speak with Xavi. «I liked this talk by Xavi and Jordi because I know what they want. Jordi was the first to tell me that Xavi had to come back to be the coach,” Laporta revealed.
«He has been a Barça player for more than half his life. It is evidence of the treasure we have at La Masia. Jordi Alba enters the elite of FC Barcelona because he grew up at home and is a world reference player. He is the soul and part of this club », he highlighted.
Precisely Sergio Busquets, who gave him the relief in this type of act, also dedicated a few words to him as the first captain of the team that he still is. «It has been a luxury to have him as a partner, the best full-back of Barça and one of the best the world has ever produced. As a teammate and as a person he is a ’10’, he has a heart that does not fit in his chest, “he assured.
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