Trained at Barça, Carles Aleñá only played 44 matches in Catalan colors and now plays for Alavés after a stint at Getafe (2021-2025). In an interview given to Sportthe 27-year-old midfielder looked back on his time at Barça: “ Leaving the club wasn’t easy because I had spent my whole life there. But when you feel like you don’t belong and that no matter what you do, you’ll never fit into their plan, it also takes courage to move forward and feel important and appreciated elsewhere. »
“I don’t know what I missed. Consistency is probably the hardest to find. Despite everything, I had good matches. It is true that at the time, there was a period with Valverde. After the first league match in Bilbao, I started and he replaced me at half-time. Then I wasn’t selected for four months. I think it affected me a little bit mentally, psychologically, because I wasn’t expecting it. And that’s when I decided to go to Betis. I lacked the patience, the calm necessary to rectify the situation. I wanted to leave too quickly. These are mistakes, decisions that we make when we are young, because we are hungry to play, because we wanted to conquer the world”added the native of Mataró.
