MADRID, 2 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The new FC Barcelona player Héctor Bellerín showed his joy at returning to the Barça club “as a 27-year-old man” compared to “the 16-year-old boy who left” for Arsenal, a team with which he has terminated his contract.
“I cannot compare the 16-year-old boy who left with the 27-year-old who returns. I am very proud and very grateful to everyone I have met these years that I have been away, they have made me the person I am today. “, Bellerín explained in an interview with the club’s official media, which is collected by Europa Press.
The Catalan defender acknowledged that a “very different” person is returning with “different” ambitions, but “with a lot of desire” and “the same illusion of playing football”. FC Barcelona registered the player in LaLiga at 11:59 p.m.
“Last year I experienced the same thing, until the last day of the market. This summer, when it started, I thought I would stay at Arsenal, but in the end it has been a very nice outcome,” he said of his departure to Real Betis on loan.
“Having the experience of playing in the league last year is important. Now I want to meet my new teammates and start training as soon as possible. I’ve come here to compete and for everything. I want to continue doing my job, with a great illusion of doing it at the Camp Nou”, he added.
Finally, Bellerín admitted having had previous opportunities to sign for the ‘culé’ team. “It is one of those things that you think one day you will have the opportunity to experience it. I have had opportunities before, but for various reasons it has never happened, and it has been one of the years that I least expected to get here. I am very excited to return to home,” he sentenced.