“I left, but I did it with the mentality of being able to return”
The winger, a Blaugrana youth squad, arrives free from Manchester United
BARCELONA, 19 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish international player Ona Batlle will play for Barça Femení until 2026 after signing a new contract with the Blaugrana club, in whose lower categories she was trained, after being released at Manchester United.
“Ona Batlle is a new FC Barcelona player and the first reinforcement for the 2023/24 season. The Vilassar de Mar winger has signed the contract that will dress her as a Barça player until June 30, 2026,” the Blaugrana club announced.
At 24 years old, the full-back formed in La Masia returns to a FC Barcelona that he joined in 2011, when he was only 12 years old, to join the Infantil-Alevín. After going through all the lower categories, she won the then Second Division with Barça B.
He went to Madrid CFF (2017/18) and also played for Levante (2018-2020) before moving to England, where in the last three seasons he has been a ‘red devil’ at Manchester United, a club where he has just joined. end your connection.
“She is a right-back with a wide physical deployment and good technique, with the particularity that she can act with solvency both on the right and on the left wing,” said the ‘culer’ entity.
Ona Batlle is one of the 30 shortlisted by Spain to play the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand starting in July. She this Monday she has been concentrated in Benidorm.
“It has always been my dream to be in Barça’s first team. It is true that I left, but I did it with the mentality of being able to return. I really want and are excited to share changing rooms and experiences with the players that I am going to be with,” he said. Battle the club’s media.
“For me, Barça has always been in my heart and it is not easy to say no. From the first moment I have had it in mind. “I have much more experience than when I left. I have been traveling, including to England, where I have been very happy but I am very happy to be able to return and continue my career here. I’ll work my ass off and enjoy,” she added.
The signing of the contract took place in the Presidential Office of the Spotify Camp Nou offices and shortly after the player put on her new shirt for a first photo session at the Estadi Johan Cruyff.