Alexander Song in his stage in the Barça in a training

ALEXANDER SONG UNVEILS HIS SECRET

Alex Song confesses the unexpected reason why he decided to sign for Barça

Published:19/05/2020 - 09:16h

Updated:19/05/2020 - 09:16h

Alexander Song decided to head to FC Barcelona in 2012 after several good years at Arsenal. Years later, the Cameroonian confesses that he accepted the Barça proposal only for money, since he knew that he was hardly going to play

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The FC Barcelona surprised to many in 2012 when it decided to pay 19 million euros to do with Alexander Song. The mediocentro had surrendered very well in the Arsenal the last seasons, but did not seem a player of profile Barça. The years confirmed that it was not a good investment, since only it was in the club two years playing little, and after this was of cession in cession until leaving free to the Rubin Kazan in 2016.

Now, the Cameroonian finds without team after the Sion decided to do without he and of other mates because they refused to go down the wage in front of this crisis of the coronavirus. While I find a new club in which follow his career, the African takes advantage of to do other things of his interest. One of them has been to give his opinion in 'Lion Indomptable' on the life of the sportsmen of elite become millionaire.

Beside Pascal Siakam, known wing-pívot of the Toronto Raptors and champion of the NBA the past year, Song put put like example and did several interesting confessions. The ex 'gunner', between other things, explained that his signing by the Barça only went by reasons purely economic, something surprising taking into account that in this moment the barcelonista was surely the best team of the world.

Xavi Hernández, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Andrés Iniesta, Thiago Alcántara and even Javier Mascherano opted to three squares in the centre of the field blaugrana in this period. With a so fierce competition, from the Barcelona club warned to the Cameroonian that would not play too much, but this gave him exactly the same in what it saw his new agreement. "When I saw the quantity that went to receive in the Barcelona did not doubt" explained.

It seems that in this moment needed financial stability more than a project that allowed him be important and play with frequency. From the Barça always left it to him clear, but as it explains, "went to be millionaire". "I thought in my wife, in my children and in that it was necessary that after the football could have a comfortable life. When I spoke with the sportive director said me that it did not go to play a lot, but did not matter me because it knew that it went to be millionaire", recognised without problem.

It did not save in the Arsenal and needed the money

In relation to this explained that it did not begin to save until carrying four years in the Arsenal. This went surely the reason by which only thought in the economic when it arrived him the opportunity to play in the Barça. It was in the last four years in the Arsenal when I began to win me the life. Here I understood that it was being a person derrochadora. After eight years in the Arsenal had not been able neither to save 100.000 pounds! The people thought that it was millionaire, but was not like this", commented.

To finalise, the one of Douala explained how reacted when had his first wage like professional. "I received 15.000 weekly pounds. You can imagine you the euphoric that was… A teenage youngster, happened to earn 4.000 to 15.000 pounds. It could do shopping, crazy parties... I was to a training and saw to the king Thierry Henry arrive in a car that was a jewel. And I said me that also it wanted to it, to any price. And I had it!", it signalled. Nevertheless, it seems that it was not the best idea that had and kidded with what did later. "Two months afterwards me arrepentí to have it bought because it spent all my money in fuel. At the end I finish me buying a Toyota", finalised, in tone jokingly.

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