Captain of the National Team, do you get used to it?: “Little by little you get used to it, I’ve been with the National Team and Barça for many years and it’s already playing”.
What has put you more: the captain’s armband or the 0-4 to Madrid?: “Honestly, receiving a bracelet is very important to me, but winning a Clasico is important for a culé and I, moreover, have been a culé since I was little, well imagine. Much more”.
Spectacular victory: “The impact of winning a Clásico and the way it was won is gratifying. It’s never easy to score four at the Bernabéu. We had chances to score more goals. It was a game to score more goals, the result was good and the game was amazing”.
Can Barça win LaLiga?: “It’s difficult because Madrid has a very good league and they have lost very few games (two). But the change we have made these months and the illusion that there is in Barcelona is very good. We have had difficult months and despite this the people are with the team”.
“Winning the league is difficult because Madrid has lost very few games”
Has Barça returned?: “We’ll see about that. There’s a lot left and the emotion of winning a Clásico is immense. But we have to keep winning games and playing well”.
Wearing the bracelet in Cornellà: “For me it is an honor to come to the National Team and also, in Barcelona, which has not played for a long time and it will be a very special match”.
Sergio Ramos: “I’ve spoken to him from time to time. A tough year. He had to leave the club of his life. He arrived very young and left this year. An uncomfortable situation due to injuries but he is eager to continue”.
Albania and Iceland: “You don’t have to take it as a friendly. Coming to the National Team is expensive and it must be a test to continue counting for the mister”.
Critics: “Right now I’m not finished. I recognize that at the beginning I wasn’t at my best, I know when I play well and when I play badly. I’m the first to notice and accept criticism. Before I looked more at the press, now I get pissed because they send me things about me. Now I’m in a good moment, although in the National Team there are no starters or substitutes”.
Reach 100 games? Continue after the World Cup in Qatar?: “We’ll see. First, to have the coach and then to see how I feel. It will be difficult to reach 100. I hope I can be in the National Team until I’m 40 years old, but I am aware that there are people pressing, although I see myself capable of continuing a lot plus”.
Luis Enrique: “From the best in the world. I learned a lot and we won many titles. I didn’t come for a while and it motivated me much more to keep coming. The relationship has always been good. He knows me and he knew what I can give. Luckily I was able to return. He didn’t call me but I didn’t ask him or anything. I don’t ask him why I’m here either.”
“Pedri is a joy. Koeman was right to stay.”
Pique, return: “Geri one day tells you one thing and another, something else. By level he can come back, but it’s been many years and he decided not to come back, although we haven’t talked about it. But with Geri you never know”.
Messi, back to Barça: “It wasn’t easy for him or for anyone after so many years in Barcelona to go to Paris. It’s hard to see him in another shirt. There’s no doubt that he’s the best in the world by far. He’s got a lot of football left.”
Pedri: “He also reminds me a lot of Iniesta. Andrés was one of those who understood me best on the pitch. Iniesta is unique. Pedri has similarities to Andrés but it seems that he has been playing in the First Division for a long time. It is amazing to watch him play. And then we must highlight the humility he has because he knows how to listen to people. He understands a lot about football. He is a joy. Ronald Koeman was successful and he kept it. He is a piece of player. The way he plays is incredible, it seems that he is 30 years”.
Reinforcement: “The top three have been very good. They have given a lot of speed, a lot of goals. Aubameyang is very intelligent, he has a goal. He has fallen very well in the locker room. We have a great group. A very good present and future awaits us”.
“It would be necessary to renew Dembélé, continuing is his best option”
Renew Dembélé ?: “I think so, but it’s the club’s decision, the player’s… but in his position he’s one of the best in the world by far. Honestly, I don’t know what he’s going to do, although his best option is to stay at Barça.”
Barça, without economic muscle: “You have to be in the good and the bad. We are in a delicate club situation but little by little it will improve”.
Mbappé o Haaland: “I couldn’t tell you. Mbappé is amazing. He has speed, he overflows, he sees football well, he has a goal. Against Madrid it was amazing. And Haaland is also young, he has a goal, he holds the ball well, he has speed. It’s not what same play in the PSG or in the Dortmund that in the Madrid or the Barcelona in the Spanish LaLiga”.
Would you like Messi to return?: “Yes, he is the player with whom I have understood the best. It would be nice. I would love to play with him at Barcelona”.
Neymar: “He has been fundamental in Barcelona. The trident that he made with Luis Suárez and Messi will not be seen again. I would have stayed in Barcelona, we were winning all the titles but it was his decision. The club and the team were made for him. The star was Leo but he was at a very high level. I wish he would have stayed with us.”
“What Eric told Vinicius came out but not what he told him before”
Sign someone from Madrid: “They have very good players… I love Modric but we have a midfield with Busquets, Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie, Nico, Riqui. Very young people.”
Vinicius? As Eric García told him: ‘Golden Ball’: “Only what Eric told him came out but not what Vinicius told him before. Let Eric tell you, he’s a piece of bread.”
Training after withdrawal: “Not right now”.
Continuity of Luis Enrique: “He’s the best coach there can be right now in the National Team. The idea he has… It doesn’t matter who he brings in. He’s demanding.”
Female Classic: “It’s amazing how they play. They make the club much bigger and I congratulate them”.
“I wish Neymar had stayed”
Fight the World Cup in Qatar: “Yes, I see it clearly. There is a National Team and a very good game idea. We deserved much more in the European Championship. I don’t remember having experienced the atmosphere that was generated. We were a bunch. We lost the semifinal… the people were proud of us. the National Team without having won it. We gave a very good image. It’s the title I have left and hopefully we can win”.
Celebration of the goal against Atlético: “I celebrated it for him: ‘Keep talking.’ “.
Azpilicueta: “Yes, I would very much like him to come to Barça. A great professional, he adapts to all positions and, whether he plays or not, he is with the team. He is very competitive, a good defender, a good player with the ball. A great signing for Barcelona, but not He has talked to him about whether he is coming or not.