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OFFICIAL: Jordi Alba confirms his departure from Barça with an emotional farewell
Published:24/05/2023 - 14:31h
Updated:24/05/2023 - 20:45h
Jordi Alba has decided not fulfilling with his last year of agreement in the FC Barcelona and will leave the entity where formed like player after 10 years in the first team
The FC Barcelona will have to sack to another captain when finalising the season. Jordi Alba has confirmed of official way his exit of the Barcelona team after 10 years with a moving video from his social networks. The defender had agreement until 2024, but his fault of opportunities in the left side seems that they have convinced to the champion of Europe to try a new adventure futbolística.
💙❤️ GRÀCIES 💙❤️ THANK YOU 💙❤️ THANK YOU 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/2parady02j
— Jordi Alba (@JordiAlba) May 24, 2023
The one from L'Hospitalet will thus have his farewell with Sergio Busquets on the 37th day of LaLiga and will leave a very important legacy with the blaugrana shirt. His record is among the most successful in Spanish football and, in fact, he has won everything with Barça. His titles include six Leagues, five Copas del Rey, four Spanish Super Cups, a Champions League, a Club World Cup, a European Super Cup and a European Championship with the senior team.
This Sunday's clash against Mallorca will be the last of his career in front of the Barça fans, adding to the farewell already scheduled for the midfielder. "I would like to announce that this will be my last season as a Barça player. It has not been an easy decision, but I leave happy and calm, because I think that from my feeling culé, it is the best, "Alba said at the beginning of his video.
At the time of the announcement, the full-back has 458 games with Barça in all competitions for a total of 37,599 minutes of play, scoring 27 times and distributing 99 assists, many of those to Leo Messi. Precisely the Argentine is one of the most affected with his departure, since returning to the Catalan entity would arrive almost if no friend of his previous stage at Barça.
The club also wanted to formalize the departure of the defender, detailing in a statement that it has reached an agreement "for the separation of the contract that the player had with the Club until the end of the season 2023/24. FC Barcelona publicly expresses its gratitude to Jordi Alba for the professionalism, commitment, dedication and the always positive and close treatment he has shown towards all the groups that make up the Barça family, and wishes you luck and achievements in the future. Barça will always be your home," he concluded.
