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"My dream was to come back here"
Darder said that "it was practically a fact that I was going to stay and that has given me a lot of tranquillity"
He did not care if it was match 24 or 25. He did not care. He knew that the club's will was him to stay, that he could, unilaterally, exercise the purchase clause even if he had not reached the number of matches stipulated in his contract. Therefore, hours after finishing the game against Levante, Sergi Darder says that "I have not celebrated. I celebrated when I arrived here. It was practically a fact that I was going to stay and that has given me a lot of peace. I'm very happy. I have already said that my dream was to return here", he says at the same time that he is not particularly worried about becoming the most expensive signing of the club. “It's an extra pressure but the market is crazy and prices are paid much higher than a few years ago".
He insists that his will is to "improve every game" and points out that at a collective level "we all hope to do better and stay as high as possible. In those seven days we have had three games and we have added five points of nine against rivals that could complicate the season. There are still many points at stake and there are many teams separated by little distance".
Considers that against Levante, "we played a good game. We had it under control and we managed to get them away from our area. The team responded well even though they managed to get ahead on the scoreboard".
He said that he expects to have "a greater role in the team, but that's my own belief and I have to improve and improve myself" and that by his head does not happen to be a captain in the short term, but he does not deny that "that is a dream for every player. I've been here for a year and there are very important players".
He says he is sure no one can think in the long term in the season but "in the next game and see where we can get. We are a team that I see that has a lot of room for improvement. We are a competitive team and, playing better or worse, is always alive. We are the team that runs the most in First Division".
Finally, he has also had words of encouragement for Diego López - "we have been told that he is fine and that in a few hours he will return to Barcelona" - and for Carlos Sánchez, who explained that "he is very affected by the death of a teammate. We all know what it is to go through that because, unfortunately, we already live with the theme of Dani Jarque. These are very sad times for everyone and we must encourage him".