“In Arabia I don’t live in any prison”

The under-21 international Gabri Veiga, who is recovering in Porto of the ankle injury he suffered the Al Ahlion Thursday defended his decision to quit European football last summer to start a new venture in the Saudi Arabian league and denied he was living “in a prison” in that country.

“In Arabia I do not live in any prison. I live in a nice house, I see the sun every day…, I am now more adapted than in the beginning. I look forward to going back there. I have explained it several times. I can’t make decisions based on what people think. It was clear to me that I had to make my own decisions. “That was the best decision I could have made,” he said.

In an interview with the AoContraataque program on Radio Galega, the former Celta player recalled that in the Arab championship “there are “a lot of talents” and “a couple” of Ballon d’Or winners, referring to the Portuguese. Cristiano Ronaldo and in french Karim Benzemaboth former Real Madrid players.

“There is aggressiveness in the league, it is a high-level competition,” said the midfielder, who hopes to reappear before the end of the season, although his priority is to return “to the highest level and to the place strengthened.”

“The entry was difficult, maybe because of the excessive force, but I was unlucky. At first I was a little scared, but then it wasn’t serious. The club likes it I was seen by Dr. Calder, one of the best doctors in the world who specializes in ankles, and decided that he was doing better than expected and that he didn’t need surgery,” he revealed.

Gabri Veiga took advantage of his stay in Galicia to visit these days his former teammates at Celta, who this week decided to do without Rafael Benitez and give orders to the first team to the young man Claudio Giraldez, who trained him in the youth ranks of the Vigo club and later in the reserve team.

“He is an incredible coach. I have only words of thanks to him. If you are lucky enough to see his training session, he will show you what he is as a coach. “You are excited to see how it is growing from the bottom,” he said.

In this sense, he is convinced in place of Benítez He will do “very well” in his professional football debut because “he is very brave and has a lot of personality.”

“This trend of coaches seeing things during the game is succeeding: De Zerbi, Xabi Alonso…they change, they don’t have a fixed system. It is a virtue to have Claudius and only the privileged can do it,” he pointed out.

Gabriel Veiga He also showed his desire to go to Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the Spanish team, although he assumes it won’t be easy.

“I thank the federation for talking to my agent, I have been in touch Santi Denia who always cares for me and I am very grateful. “If I’m one hundred percent, the goal is to make the coach suffer, although it won’t be easy because there’s a lot of talent in the U-21 team,” he commented.