"I asked Dani Olmo before making my final decision so he could tell me a bit about it. He said that the league was improving, but that if I was fit, I wouldn't have any trouble playing. It's a very good league for developing and gaining experience."
"I was a bit nervous, of course. There are nerves. But my teammate Gonzalo, who is Spanish, was there. You're more aware of how everything will work after a lifetime at Barça, but most of us are new, I think 18 of us. Including the coach. We were all waiting to see what would happen."
"As the season was coming to an end, I couldn't see myself playing another year in Barça's reserve team. And the first team was very difficult. So I assumed I was going to be sold or loaned out. But I didn't know what was the best option for me, it was the first time I had been in that situation."
Sergi Dominguez left Barcelona after eight years at La Masia to join Dinamo Zagreb in search of regular first-team football. He consulted Dani Olmo, who advised that the Croatian league was improving and offered good development opportunities for a fit player. Dominguez admitted feeling nervous about leaving his boyhood club but noted many teammates and the coach were also new. He could not see himself spending another season in Barcelona's reserve team and expected a sale or loan as the season ended. Within four months at Dinamo, he established himself as an undroppable central defender under Mario Kovacevic.
Read at Barca Universal
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