{"id":864,"date":"2025-03-20T09:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T10:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/?p=864"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:20:03","slug":"spain-star-admits-he-dreams-of-playing-for-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/spain-star-admits-he-dreams-of-playing-for-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain star admits he \u2018dreams of playing for Barcelona\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bayer Leverkusen left-back Alejandro Grimaldo has spent the majority of his senior career abroad, moving to Benfica straight from Barca Atletic, and then onto the Bundesliga two summers ago. Going strength to strength under Xabi Alonso, he has admitted that a stint in La Liga, and in particular at Camp Nou, attracts him.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old has a contract until 2027, and his next may well be the last big contract of his career. No doubt Leverkusen will be keen to address a potential renewal sooner rather than later, and if not, a sale. In an interview with El Periodico, as carried by Sport<\/a>, Grimaldo admitted that playing in Spain was a goal of his.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIndeed, it\u2019s a goal I have. I have it very clear in my mind, even the club knows it. I want to return to Spain in the short and medium term, and I\u2019d like to experience being in Spain because, after all, it\u2019s my country. It\u2019s where I want to play and enjoy this experience, and it\u2019s one of my goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

His manager, Alonso, has been heavily linked with a return to the Iberian Peninsula, and in particular Real Madrid too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, I don\u2019t know what Xabi will do. It\u2019s a decision that solely concerns him. As for me, I grew up at La Masia; it\u2019s the club where I grew as a player and as a person, and it\u2019s the club I dreamed of playing for since I was a kid. I remember some interviews from when I was little in which I said my dream was to reach Barca\u2019s first team, and that has always remained my dream.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s something I don\u2019t want to get into either because football has many twists and turns, and you never know what can happen. But it\u2019s clear, as I told you before, that I grew up at Barca, and after seven or eight years at La Mas\u00eda, you always carry that with you. That\u2019s what I can tell you right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grimaldo may face an uphill task at this point. With Alejandro Balde establishing himself as the first-choice left-back, and at the age of 21, could be there for some time. As he points out, there can be plenty of twists in the game. To his credit, Grimaldo did not have a Spain cap until the age of 27<\/a>, and just 18 months later, is an established part of the squad and a Euro 2024-winner.<\/p>\n

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