The Barcelona sporting director took out time to reveal the Camp Nou-based outfits’ reasoning behind the capture of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordi-Alba-c19111.
Jordi Alba completed a tremendous 2011/12 season as a European champion and a dream return to boyhood club, Barcelona. La Blaugrana acquired the services of La Masia youth academy graduate for a fee of 14 million Euros as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 yet again parted company
with one of their first team assets.
The 23-year-old was a standout performer in Spain’s triumphant run, giving opposition nightmares on the left flank. He completed his first international competition with a goal in the final, which effectively put the Spanish national team in history pages.
With Unai Emery, Johan Cruyff, Pep Guardiola and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 sporting director, Andoni Zubizarreta, took out time to talk about the Catalan club’s reasoning to go for his signature.
The former goalkeeping great revealed that the Camp Nou sporting staff were impressed by the latest star to come out of the Spanish production house.
Zubizarreta highlighted the attributes of the returning youth academy player and revealed that his ease at playing with both his left and right foot earned him points that eventually made up the mind of the Catalan club.
The boardroom executive was dismissive of suggestions that Alba would be forced to play second fiddle to the ailing Eric Abidal. He explained that Valencia’s latest export was added to the roster to improve the quality they boast off and make the dressing
room more competitive.
"We all have memories of his play for the second goal in the Euro final. He's a lefty, but does well with his right foot," the retired goalkeeper said. "He's very versatile, and adapts to different systems. Jordi Alba is a fast, dynamic, intense and very
technical player.”
"Jordi is not a substitute for Abidal. He's a player who will improve us and make us more competitive."
"http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordi-c19110 has been a Barcelona player for an hour and a half," Zubizarreta added. "We'll figure out the best solution concerning the Olympics.
"We'll look at the interests of everyone, and choose the best option. Barcelona will look out for their interests in the short term, but also in the medium and long term."
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