Busquets: “I want to win titles”

After 15 years in the first team of Barça, Sergio Busquets (Badía, 7-16-1988) decided to say goodbye to the club “of my heart”. Considered the best midfielder in history reflects with MD on his farewell to the Camp Nou, confesses his tears in private, points out his wishes as heirs and reveals details about some difficult moments in the season this.

As the song says, why is he leaving? Why is he leaving if Xavi doesn’t want to be his coach?

I received many expressions of love. Even now, some people tell me that I did Mateu Alemany but I am true to my word. The time has come. You have to know when to leave and I will leave with the satisfaction of choosing him, of leaving feeling important, winning titles, with a bright future for Barça and leaving the club in a relatively right situation in sports level.

He won LaLiga as a starter. What did you see to make this decision?

I saw that I was old. Almost 35 years. I know that there are people who take better care of themselves and extend their career as well. I want to leave being important, playing and for the fans to have a memory of me. Not on the bench, with few minutes, I will accept it without any problem because I am ready to add, but I want to leave like this, being a starter and captain, lifting titles, appreciated and loved and noticing the love of the people as in these last days. And the time has come.

And the incentive of a new challenge.

I also wanted to live an experience abroad with my family, which fortunately we were not able to do because we are here in Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​at home, many years and very well and in the club of our whole life. But for a year and a half, two or three we experienced difficult times.

When did you make the decision? What is the process? There were moments, like against Inter Milan and against Madrid that received criticism

It took the return of the World Cup to start appreciating everything. Before, I just wanted to focus on the team. I have decided that this is my last World Cup and I want to enjoy it. After vacation I started to think. And it wasn’t easy. It’s funny, when I saw the other colleague was late, I didn’t understand. And now that I’m touched, now I understand.

he gave it many turns

Many days I wake up and think about something. On the other hand, I thought about staying, there were days when he even told me: ‘I don’t know if I want to continue playing in another minor league.’ But, little by little, I thought I wanted to continue playing in another league, with my family by my side. I didn’t think too much about the renewal.

When Piqué said goodbye, did he think he could be next?

Yes, we have talked a lot. Geri is a close person and we talked about our way of thinking, our feelings. Geri left him at a difficult time for him. The situation was not like mine but everything he did and how he did it was understandable. It is also true that this part of the season is not the best, they are difficult times

At some point they even whistled at him. Have you ever told yourself that you don’t want to experience it again, that it can’t be a habit?

No one likes it, but I didn’t think about it beyond that moment. We talked about it a few times with the coach and our teammates and we thought we’ve all been through it. For some reason, they whistle to you, you will hear ‘run run’ for any action, for any situation of the season and you have to live that way. This is the moment, this is the party and it is necessary to understand it.

Valuation, ultimately, is different

People appreciate everything. What you gave to the club, your career, how you behaved and because we have ten fan base who always show their love, their respect and admiration to all the players who got it and I know it will be Kaya. It’s not like the end, because you don’t see yourself at that moment, you don’t even think about it, but I thought it was going to be great and it was, more than I expected.

What did Xavi do to convince you?

More than the daily talks, training sessions, trips, events to collect trophies, he always tells me how important it is for young people and for new people because he is captain At the football level, he continues to rely on me and if he does well, he will continue to be important. He also told me how he was going to plan the season so that I would know what I could contribute and feel a little bit, to feel comfortable. He didn’t do anything stupid because he is close and we see each other every day.

But they happened upon a vacation resort. Didn’t he call you at times as desperate?

(Laughter). No, what’s up? We went there to disconnect. There are many others.

Is it hard to say ‘no’?

No, because he understood. After giving him explanations, he told me: ‘You’ve earned the right to decide, it’s clear to me what I would do in your place, but as a coach I want you to stay.’ I called him and told him the decision and he told me that it was right, that he supported me, that leaving like this was also very important and very beautiful and that was the best moment, so I am very grateful to him.

Xavi has said publicly that he is the best midfielder in the world

It’s a conversation that’s been coming for a long time, we’ve talked about everything. It’s every day. He is the first person I want to say this to, along with the president, because of everything it means for the club, because of his position and because of the relationship that I have, as a friendship, as a colleague, because of how much we experienced inside and outside. There are many moments and very good moments. I made a decision, it has come this far, I told him, safe and one hundred percent. So I want to relax and be calm and it’s the opposite.

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