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"I am a person who gives everything on the field and the first two seasons at Camp Nou were the best of my life. In the third, everything has been much more difficult because I am a young person who likes his job and football. I had the certainty that the situation would not change next year. So I left," he is quoted as saying by El Mundo Deportivo.
"This year has been very difficult for me. Sitting on the bench and wait to play has been more complicated. I would prefer going to have to collect rent money from people who can't pay."
"This team has the best players in the world and it's not easy for [Pep] Guardiola to choose who should play. Pep knows football, he is a very good person who I have great admiration for and I cannot say anything bad about him.
"I am sad because in all those years I only had to Barca in the head and now I'm out. I'm very sorry because the club is in my heart. My time in Barcelona has been perfect. Here I have my best friends and always thought to end my career here. "
"I want to thank everyone for what they have done for me. The people of Barcelona are very good people who know a lot about football. I have no words but to apologise to all the people who wanted me to stay.
"I don't feel that I am a person who leaves Camp Nou. I am convinced that some day I will return. My heart is in Barca and some day I will wear this shirt again. I am quite sure. Barca is the club of my life."