Carles Pérez: "Messi was my idol, but Xavi was the one who marked me the most"

Carles Pérez began this season being one of the disclosures of the FC Barcelona​. The one of Granollers stood out along the pre-season and won a place in the first team of the hand of Ernesto Valverde. But the irruption of Ansu Fati eclipsó to the Catalan, that still like this followed struggling and working to follow having minutes. But the Barça needed to do box in winter and at the end forced his course to the Rome, that insisted a lot in him.

The extreme plays in the Italian capital from January and finds happy and with many win to keep growing. The coronavirus has cut his progression, but already is missing little so that the Series To return and Carles already is smart for the challenge. To fault of no a lot so that the balloon goes back to film, the Spanish has conceded a very interesting interview to the means of the own club. The ex canterano spoke between other things of his stage in Can Barça.

Pérez admitted that it never will forget his two debuts with the group barcelonista, the first in Eibar in the course 2018/2019, and the second when it played for the first time in the Camp Nou. "It was in the last day of the League 2018-19 in Eibar. I went in in the minute 70, but the one who consider my real debut was in the Camp Nou. It was in the second day of this championship in the Barcelona-Betis. I began to title, win 5-2 and marked the goal of the 3-1. It was an unforgettable emotion", remembered.

Also it has very in mind the one who went his première in Champions League. The forward debuted with victory and golazo against the Inter of Milan in a stadium of level like Giuseppe Meazza. "It was well, I marked in a legendary stadium like Saint Siro, against a big team that remembered to have seen by television beside my father in the European duels. It was the realisation of a dream", stood out.

Neither it has forgotten the one of Granollers of the first time that was called to train with the greater. It was an important day in which it felt examined by all the world at all times. "It was very nervous, although it was a session postpartido and the headlines did work of recovery and the youngsters played with which had not played. In spite of everything, the pressure was very big because Ernesto Valverde was looking you, and also Leo Messi and other phenomena that saw the party. It was like being always under examination", recognised.

Xavi and Messi marked to Carles

Besides, it wanted to praise the figures of Xavi Hernández and Leo Messi, that helped him a lot in the Barça. The one of Terrassa marked him especially by a council that gave him. "In your career, the best council only can come from of players experienced and consecrated. In my case, choose what Xavi gave me: in the football all depend on we same, anybody gives you at all, each goal has to be conquered having your own strengths. Messi also helped me to me and to a lot of other youngsters with his councils, but the words that more marked me were the ones of Xavi", explained.

Also it referred to how it has happened the quarantine by the coronavirus and to the a lot of that has learnt in this time to alone. "It was not easy because it was here only. In addition to the field and the team, really extrañaba to my family. In general, the education that can extract of this period is to go back to appreciate the things that take for granted, as can see to the family, the friends, can embrace them and besarlos", commented.

Finally, it wanted to leave clear that is wishing to go back to put the boots and the T-shirt of the Rome. The Series To will return on 20 June without public in the stadiums, the same that in Spain, but Carles wants to follow giving him joys to his fans in spite of everything. "Andstoy wishing go back to the field and play parties, carry the T-shirt of Rome to try give the best of me. Although play football without the fans was not the same, will do all the possible to try amuse us and give satisfaction to the followers that will go on down us the television", finalised.