That in summer 2023 Xavi Hernandez wanted to Sergi Darder for him FC Barcelona It’s no secret. Although the great culé objective was Ilkay Gundoganthe Terrassa coach wanted to have another creative man with a ‘low cost’ profile. And in that context the name of the one who, at that time, was the captain of the RCD Espanyolwhich had just lost the category.
“At that moment you listen, obviously. When Barça calls you, you spend days screwed. Not because you value it, but because you say: ‘The problem is that everything that is going to come to me after that I am going to see badly.’ When a team of that level calls you, everything else is going to be worse.”explained the 30-year-old from Artà, in an interview with ‘Relief‘.
“Others in my situation would have gone to Barça”
dardercurrently in the Majorcawanted to make it clear that he did not sign for the Barça “out of respect for Espanyol. That’s why it hurts me so much to have come out badly from there and that the fact of not being there (at Barça) is not valued as much. I did it solely out of respect for Espanyol. Surely others in my situation would have gone to Barça”continued the midfielder, who this Saturday (2:00 p.m.) returns to the RCDE Stadium with his new team.
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Finally, darder explained how the contacts were with Xavi. “These are situations where you meet because of issues involving children in different places and, from there, treatment is the same as with any footballer or coach you see. The fact that they go to the same school (her children and Xavi’s), you see them from time to time and ‘well, I want to call you’. You talk and there is no problem, but they are conversations that you keep a little bit dull for yourself.”term.
