The former Valencia manager oversaw the development of the prodigal farmhouse player who left Catalonia in search of greener pastures at the age of 16.
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The European champion will complete the minor details of the transfer over the course of the week and will be revealed as a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player in the near future.
Earlier in the week, Johan Cruyff and Pep Guardiola came out in the open and praised the Catalan club for acquiring a sensational talent, while also belittling the 14 million Euros transfer fee the player has commanded.
Unai Emery joined the bandwagon, claiming that his former charge has all the attributes to succeed with Barcelona. The Basque trainer pointed towards La Blaugrana’s preference for attack minded wing-backs to make his point.
The 40-year-old added that the best from Alba is yet to arrive as he opined that he is improving with every game, which becomes evident while looking at his performances with Valencia and Spain.
"He is more than ready for any challenge. Also the style of Barcelona is perfect, because it is a team made of attacking defenders and of course the best ability of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordi-c19110 is [going forward]," Emery said in an interview with AS.
"With Valencia in La Liga and the Champions League and Spain in the European Championship he has had to play against the best midfielders in the world and is growing with every game."
Emery took out time to talk about Alba’s footballing development and how he had to wait in the flanks at the Mestalla for his chance.
He stated that had the injuries to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-c8098 Salto and Miguel not happened in the Champions League fixture against Werder Bremen, Alba’s career trajectory would have been starkly different from what it is now.
Continuing on the topic, Emery revealed that initially the 23-year-old was reluctant to the idea that he had to play further back on the wings but gave in with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 ahead of him in the pecking order.
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