{"id":96734,"date":"2025-08-13T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/inigo-martinez-why-he-chose-arabia-and-what-would-have-kept-him-at-barcelona_314088_102\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T00:30:00","slug":"inigo-martinez-why-he-chose-arabia-and-what-would-have-kept-him-at-barcelona_314088_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/transfers\/inigo-martinez-why-he-chose-arabia-and-what-would-have-kept-him-at-barcelona_314088_102.html","title":{"rendered":"I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez: why he chose Arabia and what would have kept him at Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Basque center-back reveals what made the Arab proposal so tempting and what was the only reason that could have kept him at Barcelona<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p><strong>I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> spoke&nbsp;for the first time extensively about his departure from <strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong>. A highly surprising move, with the Ondarroa native being one of the key names in <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona-squad.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/jugadores-fcbarcelona.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona-squad.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Plantilla del FC Barcelona 2025\/26\">the Azulgrana squad<\/a>, but one that is well-founded for several reasons, as the defender explained in an interview with <em>Onda Vasca<\/em>.<\/p>  <p>The defender acknowledged that he understood the widespread astonishment:&nbsp;&#8220;Let&#8217;s see, it caught many people by surprise. And apart from the fact that the fans liked me, I generated that illusion&#8230; <strong>In the end, my departure surprised them, but these are things of football<\/strong> and nowadays we are used to changes from one day to the next.&#8221;<\/p>  <h2>I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez and the economic reason behind his departure from Barcelona<\/h2>  <p><a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/transfers\/inigo-martinez-leaves-fc-barcelona-and-signs-for-nassr_314008_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fichajes\/oficial-inigo-martinez-deja-fc-barcelona-ficha-por-al-nassr_314008_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/transfers\/inigo-martinez-leaves-fc-barcelona-and-signs-for-nassr_314008_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"OFICIAL: I\u00f1igo&nbsp;Mart\u00ednez deja el FC&nbsp;Barcelona y ficha por el&nbsp;Al&nbsp;Nassr\">The brand new Al-Nassr signing<\/a>&nbsp;did not hesitate to admit that his decision to join the&nbsp;<strong><em>Knights of Najd<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;was in response to the option of signing his last big contract as a professional: &#8220;Economically, that league cannot be compared to any other today. <strong>Seeing my career and what I had achieved, it was the moment to take the step.<\/strong> A player&#8217;s career is short: I am 34 years old and these trains pass once, if they pass at all, and it is difficult to say no,&#8221; he emphasized.<\/p>  <blockquote> <p>&#8220;Economically, that league cannot be compared to any other today&#8221;<\/p> <\/blockquote>  <p>He also elaborated&nbsp;on how shocking it was to receive the proposal: &#8220;<strong>The moment you see the offer, you don&#8217;t believe it: nobody is prepared for that.<\/strong> I had been a pawn in football. You have to be there to know what something like that is.&#8221;<\/p>  <p>Although he recalled that at <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> his salary was also important: &#8220;I would surely have thought about continuing if I had had more years of contract with <strong>Bar\u00e7a<\/strong>. My salary was important, it was not low, and we were comfortable. <strong>Whether you like it or not, coming to this country&#8230; it&#8217;s hard to make this decision;<\/strong> not only dragging my wife, but also my children. Everything changes.&#8221;<\/p>  <blockquote> <p>&#8220;I would surely have thought about continuing if I had had more years of contract with <strong>Bar\u00e7a<\/strong>. My salary was important, it was not low&#8221;<\/p> <\/blockquote>  <h2>The chat with Hansi Flick and the emotional farewell from the dressing room<\/h2>  <p>The former <strong>Athletic Club<\/strong> player related&nbsp;how he <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/joan-gamper-trophy\/flick-gets-wet-about-inigo-departure-will-barcelona-sign-another-center-back_314037_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/trofeo-joan-gamper\/flick-se-moja-sobre-marcha-inigo-fichara-barcelona-otro-central_314037_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/joan-gamper-trophy\/flick-gets-wet-about-inigo-departure-will-barcelona-sign-another-center-back_314037_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Flick se 'moja' sobre la marcha de I\u00f1igo: \u00bfFichar\u00e1 el Bar\u00e7a otro central?\">told Hansi Flick about his decision<\/a> and the German coach&#8217;s reaction after learning that he would be leaving for Saudi Arabia: &#8220;I spoke with <strong>Flick<\/strong> on the way back from the tour because I didn&#8217;t want to&#8230; we had enough with how everything was going. <strong>People were somewhat agitated and I didn&#8217;t want more things. On the way back to Barcelona I was honest with him, because I knew he would understand me perfectly.<\/strong> I had one year left on my contract, I am 34 years old&#8230; Damn! These opportunities rarely come along and it is difficult to say no. It caught him by surprise, but he understood it from minute two.&#8221;<\/p>  <p>The conversation, according to him, was relaxed:&nbsp;&#8220;It was a pleasant chat and I felt very sorry because there was a mutual appreciation. It was sad at the same time. <strong>It was not tense, but very emotional. You see that the moment of being together is over and that he was not going to have me in the group.<\/strong> He knew how important I was to him.&#8221;<\/p>  <div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1954256638786904246\"> <blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"eu\">I\u00f1igo Martinez.<br> Culer forever \ud83d\udc99\u2764 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/en\/gwaonrnJE0\">pic.twitter.com\/gwaonrnJE0<\/a><\/p> \u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1954256638786904246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2025<\/a> <\/blockquote>  <\/div>  <p>Already with the dressing room, <strong>I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> experienced a farewell that he described as special: &#8220;It was a very emotional farewell. <strong>I kept my composure because I know myself, I make myself strong, but inside I was affected. They were too<\/strong>. I have had an exceptional departure; they have always supported me.&#8221;<\/p>  <p>And he made a <strong>brief review of his time as a blaugrana<\/strong>:<\/p>  <blockquote> <p>&#8220;It was not easy at the beginning due to the injuries, but in the following year I overcame it by far. In a short time I gained a lot of affection. It is not the amount of time, but the quality&#8221;<\/p> <\/blockquote>  <h2>The thorn he was left with as a Barcelona player<\/h2>  <p>Finally, the Basque&nbsp;made&nbsp;it clear what was his only pending account as a player of the Catalan team: &#8220;<strong>The only thorn I take away is not being able to see the new stadium<\/strong>: I wanted to be in the new Camp Nou and see it.&#8221;<\/p>  <table align=\"center\" style=\"width:100%;\"> <caption><strong>I\u00d1IGO MART\u00cdNEZ&#8217;S NUMBERS AS AN FC BARCELONA PLAYER<\/strong><\/caption> \t<thead><tr> <th scope=\"col\">MATCHES<\/th> \t\t\t<th scope=\"col\">G<\/th> \t\t\t<th scope=\"col\">A<\/th> \t\t\t<th scope=\"col\">MIN. PLAYED<\/th> \t\t\t<th scope=\"col\">TITLES<\/th> \t\t<\/tr><\/thead> <tbody><tr> <td style=\"text-align: center;\">71<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">6<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5.599&#8242;<\/td> \t\t\t<td style=\"text-align: center;\">3: LaLiga 2024\/25, Spanish Super Cup 2024\/25 and Copa del Rey 2024\/25<\/td> \t\t<\/tr><\/tbody> <\/table> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basque center-back reveals what made the Arab proposal so tempting and what was the only reason that could have kept him at Barcelona I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez spoke&nbsp;for the first time extensively about his departure from FC Barcelona. 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