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Carles Puyol will receive the 'One Club Man Award' of the Athletic Club

Published:4/05/2018 - 17:46h

Updated:5/05/2018 - 01:16h

Carles Puyol will receive the 'One Club Man Award' of the Athletic Club that rewards him as to the player that has developed all his career futbolística in an alone club. The ex Barcelona player has happened to the history of the FC Barcelona and is alive legend

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Carles Puyol, the one who went captain of the FC Barcelona in the most glorious period and laureada of the Barcelona club, will be rewarded by the Athletic Club this same weekend. The Basque team will deliver him to the ex footballer the prize 'One Club Man Award' that rewards to the players for having developed all his sportive career in a same team.

The mythical ex footballer culé gave his first impressions for having been awarded with said prize. "It is a special satisfaction because it values things that are difficult to find nowadays. I am very happy to receive this prize", commented Puyol, that lived all his sportive career in the FC Barcelona, progressing from the Masia and triumphing in the first team.

The ex captain of the Barça also is admired in Bilbao for having taken out an ikurrina after the final of Glass of the King contested in Valency in the season 2008-09 that the Barcelona won, for homenajear like this to the fans of the Athletic: "it Was a spontaneous act. At the end it was to give him back the affection to some fans that finish to lose a final and remains to applaud you, to surrender you a homage".

Puyol Praised the methodology of the Athletic

Carles Puyol also wanted to stand out the big merit that supposes the formula of the Athletic Club, succeeding to base exclusively of players of the quarry: "I see It like an enormous merit. With the philosophy that has is incredible can be competing in the best League of the world and no only competing. This season has been more irregular, but the last years have been very good.

Besides, recalcó the importance to be able to face up to teams that spend millonadas in signings: "The same before it could be easier because only they could have three foreigners and the strengths were more equalised. But nowadays, that can fichar players of all the world, that the Athletic follow with this philosophy and doing it so well and that it was one of the teams that never have gone down has an enormous merit".

Besides, Carles Puyol also recognised the charm that feels by the team rojiblanco: "it Does that all have a special charm to the Athletic". The ex Catalan player lived all his career in the Camp Nou and is conscious of the merit that has keep to a team exclusively with players of the house.

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