MADRID, 9 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish footballer Melanie Serrano, legend of the FC Barcelona Femení and who had been retired since May 2022, confirmed this Friday her return to professional sports at the age of 34 thanks to her signing for FC Levante Las Planas.
“Above all, I am very happy to be able to compete in the First Division again. I thank Levante for this opportunity they have given me, I am very excited, very happy, eager to help the team and grateful to the president and the staff 'for trusting me,” Serrano declared to the official media of his new club.
“This time off the pitch has been difficult and in the end I believe that Levante Las Planas and I are going to do something very important in this second round. I will try to help the team as much as possible and I am convinced that we will do a very good job.” good second round,” he added.
Despite her farewell to Barça in May 2022, the left back was still active due to her involvement in the project of former culé player Gerard Piqué. “It is true that I have not been unemployed, I have been in a different competition in the Queens League,” she remarked.
“But in the end I think I will pick up the rhythm of the First Division with the game, with the team, little by little trying to find my best version and contribute everything to the team,” commented Serrano, who spent 18 years at Barça. seasons.
On the other hand, the Sevillian soccer player praised the improvement of national soccer. “Little by little, more steps are being taken to make it more professional, not just one or two clubs, but more important clubs in Spain and I think that is showing in the game,” she said.
“Every time the teams are more competitive, the players are more complete, it is more difficult to win and in the end everything evolves and then it helps to make it better,” said Serrano, who as a culé won seven Leagues, one Champions League, seven Cups of the Queen and two Spanish Super Cups.
“I'm still assimilating that I'm here, that I'm on the green with the girls, returning a little to reality, what I had put on hold for a while and the truth is that I still don't have time to think about that game,” he finally stated about a future duel against Barça.