"Not being given the opportunity hurts a little. I felt bad about it, but it made me grow a lot."
"Everything I've achieved so far, perhaps, if the decision had been different, I wouldn't have achieved everything I have now."
"At club meetings, planning meetings and meetings to discuss young players' options for promotion to the first team, I always defended him."
"Just as I did with Grimaldo. I believed that they were left-backs who, if given the chance to be in the first team calmly to let Jordi Alba do his thing, but later hand over to a homegrown player, I was convinced that either of them could do it."
Marc Cucurella starred as Chelsea beat FC Barcelona 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League. Cucurella spent several years in Barcelona's setup but made only one senior appearance, a Copa del Rey match against Real Murcia in 2017 under Ernesto Valverde. He left for Eibar on loan the following summer, joined the club permanently after impressing, and was later re-signed by Barcelona before being loaned to Getafe, who made the transfer permanent in 2020. Cucurella said not being given the opportunity hurt but contributed to his growth and subsequent achievements. Gerard Lopez said he had repeatedly defended Cucurella and compared him with Grimaldo as potential successors to Jordi Alba.
Read at Barca Universal
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