Real Madrid has presented new signing Alvaro Carreras to the press after a long transfersaga. Los Blancos announced the deal on Monday evening, with Benfica who received € 50 million in installments, and Manchester United also received part of the deal.
Carreras was presented to the media on Tuesday afternoon and posed for photos with President Florentino Perez, who gave him the usual welcome at the Santiago Bernabeu. Carreras wears the number 18 -shirt and replaces Jesus Vallejo.
“I wanted to thank the president for his words and Real Madrid for their confidence. I left like a boy and I come back as a man. It is an honor to wear the shirt of the best club in the world. I didn't want to forget my family without whom I would not be here. Thank you very much, and Hala Madrid!” He opened by saying.
Carreras was delighted and emotional to return to Real Madrid, where he spent three years as an academy before moving to Manchester United.
“It means everything, fulfilling a dream, returning to what my home was once. I am really looking forward to this new challenge.”
And explained what it was like to tell his friends and family that he was a real Madrid player.
“Of course all my friends support the best club in the world, Real Madrid, they couldn't believe it. It is difficult. I could only believe it the very last moment. I had to make the decision to leave when I was a child. [Telling my Mum] She became emotional, and that is normal. It also makes me emotional. “
New manager Xabi Alonso now has three options on the left, or left-back, although Carreras has more experience with playing in itself.
“Yes, I spoke with him and he congratulated me. As far as the position is concerned, I will play where I have to in the club of my dreams. I will give everything for this shirt.”
“They are two great players. I have come to give the best that I can, and to work for the team, to continue to win trophies and make history. I will have time to talk about what we can do, this is the happiest day of my life. But that said they are incredible players. It's true that we are very good players.
The 22-year-old will be the second most expensive defender in the history of Real Madrid and will follow Dean Huijsen through the door this summer.
“I am not in numbers; football is very focused nowadays, but I am calm in myself.”