The Croatian Alen Halilovic (27 years old) sign for FC Barcelona in the summer of 2014 when he was considered one of the best young talents in European football, but his time at the Barça club and his subsequent career did not live up to expectations. After leaving the Barça, Halilovic He became a globetrotter and passed Hamburg, UD Las Palmas, AC Milan, Standard Liege, Heerenveen, Birmingham, Reading, HNK Rijeka and Fortuna Sittarda team where he is trying to relaunch his career.
Excited again, Alen Halilovic He gave an interview to ‘The Athletic’ where he reviewed how he arrived at the club. Barça and he admits that he does not have the necessary maturity and patience to wait for his chance in the Barça first team.
“I believed in myself but they also had a plan for me. That was the mistake I made: I didn’t follow the plan. Tottenham wanted to buy me but Barcelona is my style. It’s about possession and the ball at my feet. The ” The first year I played for Barça B, then they loaned me to LaLiga and in the third year they decided,” he said. Halilovicwho said that “the first two years were perfect at Barça, but I hope to have a chance in the first team in the third” and at that moment “I realized that Luis Enrique didn’t want me there.”
“I should have stayed one more year because I was very good. I was hoping to go to the Euro Cup with the national team, but I wasn’t selected and Barça decided I had to go out on loan again, so I was a little frustrated with everything.” “I don’t want to take out another loan so I said ‘screw it, I’m leaving from here’,” he said. Halilovicwhich even pointed out that at that time he thought he deserved to play early in two legends such as Iniesta and Xavi.
“When you were young you thought you didn’t have time and I had to be ahead of Iniesta and Xavi. Looking now, I just need to be patient. Train and wait. It will come,” said a Halilovic that during his time as a Barça player he “learned a lot and played with Messi, who was my idol.”
Source: La Verdad
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