Laia Alexandre it thrives on adversity. The Catalan defender just announced that he will miss the rest of the season with City of Manchester due to an injury, shortly after admitting that he needed to receive psychological help to face the conflict of the national team with ‘Las 15’, a group of which he is part. Complex moments for a Catalan defense that in spite of everything does not lose its smile and has lived successfully for many years precisely at the time when its name is loud for Barça.
“The season is over for me. I don’t have time to recover before the last league game and help the team. It’s time to help in a different way. I am focused on recovering properly. See you on Sunday fans, let’s go team!” He wrote on his social networks.
Laia suffered a small hamstring tear that will keep him off the pitch for around eight weeks, so he will miss the English premier. Added to this is his more than likely absence from the next World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this summer in a team where he is the starter and in the absence of an agreement with the RFEF. Something that remains stagnant.
The Catalan lamented the situation just a few days ago: “Solution? I didn’t say anything about this topic because it’s a bit complicated for me. I had a bad time, very bad. I went to professionals, psychologists to learn how to handle it. This is the maximum a player can aspire to, to play with his team in a World Cup. To solve the problem of the Spanish team, everyone has to take a step forward. It is looking for improvements, which is a professional bet”.
Last season, Laia accepted the challenge of trying out the English league at the hands of a great like City, after playing for Atlético de Madrid and training in the Barça youth system. In the sky-blue team, he shares a dressing room with another Catalan and former Barça player, Leila Ouahabi. Now, his name sounds strong to strengthen Giráldez’s Barça for next season.
He himself admitted in statements to Catalunya Ràdio, where he explained why he left the Barça team during his time and why he wanted to return: “For me, staying at Barça was the easiest decision, but not too happy. I’m from Barcelona and this is the club of my life. At that time I was in a phase where the youth team was not taken into account. Back? I don’t like to look to the future, but why not. The Barça now has a very complete team that competes for everything”.
At the moment, he is enjoying himself at City, where Pep Guardiola often visits them and where he continues to gain experience.
Source: La Verdad
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