Former Arsenal star: Even today, I don't understand why I left Barcelona
The former star of the Belarus national team and Arsenal of England, Alexander Hleb, revealed that he did not know how he moved to Barcelona in 2008. Hleb had moved from Arsenal to Barcelona, but he did not participate much with the Catalan team, and he did not make any imprint, despite the team winning the treble (Spanish League and Cup King of Spain and the UEFA Champions League) in his first season in Spain.
"Even today I do not understand the reason for my departure, of course Barcelona at that time was the best team in the world, but I was really happy at Arsenal, I had friends and enjoyed the coach, I was playing for one of the best teams, and there were also fans," Hleb added The stadium and a great tournament, the Premier League, everything was great. "
He continued: "Why did you leave the team? I do not know, I understand that Barcelona was better at that time and everyone was trying to play for him, but I was 100 percent happy at Arsenal."
He explained: "Of course Barcelona is a great team and I have won many titles with them, but I did not participate as much as was the case with Arsenal."
Hleb joined Arsenal in the summer of 2005 from Stuttgart, Germany, before joining Barcelona in the summer of 2008, where he was loaned to Stuttgart and Wolfsburg and then played for several clubs in Belarus, most notably Bate Borisov.
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