“Starting 2024 with a title must make you want even more for this year, right?
We are very happy to start the year with this trophy, to keep this positive spiral in terms of finals and trophies. It was not a simple match but we made things less complicated. We had difficult moments but it was satisfactory for a return match.
You have been free to join the club of your choice for a few days. Have you made your decision?
I am already very motivated for this year. It’s very important, we have titles to get. Afterwards, no I didn’t make my decision, I didn’t make a choice. With the agreement I made with the president this summer, whatever my decision, we managed to protect all parties and preserve the club’s serenity for future deadlines. Which remains the most important. (The rest) We will say that it is secondary.
“No one talks about my situation inside the club. That doesn’t interest many people.”
Do you have a timing?
I do not know. It was late May in 2022 because I didn’t know until May. If I know what I want to do, why hang around? But the most important thing is the titles. We are determined. The team is looking towards that. Nobody talks about my situation inside the club. Not many people are interested.
Luis Enrique explained that the team must improve. In what do you think?
It’s normal. He is a coach who arrived with clear ideas, but also a lot of ideas. It takes time but I think we’re starting to see interesting things. I don’t know what it looks like outside. It’s more structured, we see it in terms of offensive animation and schemes. There are things that are emerging.
We’ll tell you on February 14 (during the Champions League round of 16 first leg against Real Sociedad)…
So that means there are no ideas if it doesn’t happen on February 14?
You often change positions too…
When I speak with him (Luis Enrique), he says that a good player can play in several positions, so I think I am a good player. But whatever the position, it adapts according to the qualities of the players. »
