The Cameroonian, who knew he would not play much at Camp Nou but went to Barça for the money, is leaving the professional practice.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce that it is time to hang up my boots.” Alex Song ends his career. The Cameroonian midfielder wrote this on social networks to announce his retirement from football. The African went through Bastia, Arsenal, Barcelona, West Ham, Rubin Kazan, Sion and Arta Solar 7, a team in which he withdrew from the Djibouti competition. At Camp Nou they will remember him as the footballer who didn’t care whether he played or not because all he wanted to do was get rich, as he himself admitted.
Song was signed in the summer of 2012 in exchange for 19 million euros alternative to Javi Martínez, whose termination clause at the time amounted to 40 million eurostoo much for a Barcelona that did not dare to build in real competition for Sergio Busquets. He signed for five seasons, but only stayed at Camp Nou for two (39 games before being loaned to West Ham). In its first season He saw – from the bench – how Bayern Munich overtook Barça in the semi-finals of the Champions League with an overall score of 7 to 0 and Martínez playing virtually every minute.
That is why no one could tear their clothes when the Cameroonian stated so on his Instagram account “When Barcelona offered me a contract and I saw how much I would earn, I didn’t think twice. They told me I wouldn’t play many games, but I didn’t care. I knew I would become a millionaire now.” “.
Source: Goal