Azpilicueta explains why he said ‘no’ to Barca

After losing to Barça for Raphinha, Jules Koundé and Ousmane Dembélé, Chelsea won their first battle against the Blaugranas, obtaining the two-season contract extension for César Azpilicueta (32). In an interview with theEvening Standardthe Spanish right-back explained his decision to renew his contract with the Blueswithout denying his desire to return to Spain.

“Yes, the conversations were there with Barcelona, ​​all around the club. After the Club World Cup, where I became the only player to win all the trophies, I felt it was time to return to Spain. But then everything happened with this club. I wanted to stay committed. I never did anything against my club. We had private conversations where I said everything,” said César Azpilicueta, who worried about his contract situation for the first time, after a decade with the Blues.

“Yes, the conversations were there with Barcelona”

“I’ve never been in a transfer market situation in 10 years. It was different. Last time it was Marseille and this time the contract situation made it different because I had this contract extension clause after a certain number of games. For a while I was a free agent and who knows what could have happened? I decided to keep quiet because there was already enough noise around me. I didn’t want to make the situation worse because I wanted to stay focused on my game.”