Jordi Alba was introduced at Inter Miami: “I had offers of more money, but I wanted to feel important”

The historic Spanish alteral, Jordi Alba, acknowledged that he accepted the offer of Inter Miami despite “having offers of more money” and stressed that his priority was to feel “important”. In the presentation of his new team, where he will be teammates with Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets again, he commented: “When I decided to leave Barcelona I had nothing, but I was clear that my cycle at Barcelona was over. I left with the National Team and then the talks with Inter Miami began. I had other offers, but the right decision was to come here. We want to keep competing, winning, and I think we’re on the right stage.” The full-back will be one of Inter Miami’s most important reinforcements and will also return to play under the technical direction of Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino. “The decision was made after the National Team (in the Final 4 of the Nations League). Despite having offers of more money, I think the important thing for me was to feel important. The confidence of the club and the coach made me value this option as the one I liked the most,” he explained. In addition, he highlighted: “One of the things that made me come here was the affection that everyone transmitted to me, Jorge, José, David, also the coach. Very grateful for the personal treatment. Now I will try to compensate him on the pitch,” and remarked that he will seek to “compete and leave Inter Miami as high as possible.” “From the experience we have we want to try to help our teammates, and surely we will also learn from them in this league,” he said and was ambitious in the search for titles: “I have been lucky enough to win everything with Barcelona and almost everything with the national team. I come here to win. I’m a very competitive player.” Finally, he concluded: “I have trained quite well in Barcelona, it is true that it is not easy to train alone, but I worked hard to be able to compete, I wanted to train with my teammates, everyone has received me spectacularly. Physically I feel fine. It is a major climate change, but I feel strong, energetic and above all very excited.”

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