“I always had the hope of returning to Granada”

A desired return. “I have always followed the club a lot. Here I started to grow as a footballer. These good memories were a plus point to return. Any free player in this atypical market has its ups and downs and thinks in the most difficult moments that its priority options are not going to be given, but I always had the hope of returning ”.

Your evolution as a player. “If there is one thing I think that I have grown as a footballer, it is in adapting to different game systems and positions, although my priority is the midfielder area or with a tendency to go inside if I play as a winger. I also played a lot indoors for Levante and I like it. That ability to adapt always comes in handy ”.

Club growth. “Its evolution in recent years is impressive. The bar is very high but we have to keep growing. Between all of them it will be possible ”.

Your physical condition. “I have been working for a month and a half with a personal trainer, but soccer is a collective contact sport and even if one prepares individually, the same is never achieved. I really want to be with the team as soon as possible, but it also has its process and adaptation. I feel very well, I already work with the team and it is a good sign. If all goes well, I will be available after the break if the coach considers it ”.

To fight to win the position. “I come to add, to contribute the maximum that I have within me. Competition in all positions is always good for teams. Since I left, I have not been in any in which I was the undisputed headline, I have lived with the need to earn my place. In Levante I got it and here I come to the same thing, to help the team and my teammates although we all like to play and earn a place. Last season was when I felt better and had the least injuries. With age, the players are more professional and we take more care of ourselves and each time we lengthen our careers. I have no doubt that now I am a much more complete player than a few years ago ”.

He saw Granada against Valencia. “If this group has something, it is that they compete like few others, it is a plus because sometimes it is difficult to achieve. The change of style is not learned from one day to the next and it takes a process in which we have a lot of room for improvement, but with the passage of time we will see a team that still plays better and is capable of understanding the idea of ​​the game much more. coach”.

Pep Boada coincided with Rochina at Barcelona.

Pep Boada, sports director, coincided with him at Barça. “I am very happy to meet him again fifteen years later and start a new project together like we did in Barcelona. I welcome you to your home and I thank you for the effort and commitment you showed from minute 'zero' to be part of this team. His name came out from the beginning in the pools that were being made and we always had him very much in mind, both for his football quality and for his human quality ”.

Talks. “The market sets the standard and a club like ours is due to its priorities, which we cover with the latest addition of Luís Maximiano in goal. The infatuation we had with Rochina from the beginning kept the call alive and that when there was the possibility of covering his position, after the transfer of Antoñín to Málaga, we thought of him to incorporate him ”.