Fernando Gaibor: I have a lot of respect and affection for Emelec, but it is now part of the past. Today I am in Barcelona SC and I am going to defend the colors to the death

Fernando Gaibor explained this Friday in his formal presentation as a player of Barcelona SC that prioritized the offer of the canaries over that of a team from the Sierra at a rate “of the existing project” in the Guayaquil club motivated by the fronts that the team has to attend in this 2023 course: LigaPro, Copa Libertadores and Copa Ecuador. Likewise, he explained that he leaned towards the proposal of the yellow board because before his return to national football in 2021, signed by Guayaquil City, “Always in all those moments there was a formal offer from Barcelona” that “(the signature) was not given due to various situations.” Tense and uncomfortable when he was asked about Emelec, the mixed midfielder settled that he has a lot of respect and affection for the blue team, but that it is now part of the past. “Today I am in Barcelona and I am going to defend the colors to the death”he claimed.

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Gaibor, 31, joins the team led by Fabián Bustos with a contract for the entire 2023 season.

Neither party has revealed the figures of the negotiation, but the footballer has assured that “the economic issue was not the priority and the club knows it here.”

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He has said that his decision to sign for Barcelona SC is based on his family’s priorities, apart from sporting challenges.

“For everything that Barcelona represents and for what it is about to play this year, for me, at my age, it is a pretty nice challenge; for the race that I have been doing as well, ”he said.

“Since before my arrival in Guayaquil City there has always been an interest in having me here, always at all times there was a formal offer from Barcelona. It did not occur due to various situations, but today I am here, ”he revealed.

In addition, Gaibor pondered its playing characteristics are of a mixed midfielder and that in any of the two midfield positions that soccer currently demands it can meet the requirements. “Tactical disorder is called but it is more to occupy the spaces left by a teammate based on a request that the coach may require.”

The institution’s Communications Department indicated that Gaibor will carry out his first training in the afternoon session this Friday and then he will be concentrated with his new colleagues in the villa on the property. The new midfielder will be part of the delegation that travels to the United States for the friendly matches in Daytona Beach, Miami and Dallas.

‘Emelec is part of the past’

In the middle of the questions, Fernando Gaibor was reminded of the passage in which he celebrated having won a Clásico del Astillero in the Monumental stadium with the phrase “Ah, you wanted a concert”, in reference to the show that Barcelona had ready to celebrate its championship, but that had to be postponed due to the defeat against Emelec in 2016.

“They are things of the past. When one is young he is carried away by the merriment and by the emotion of the moment, ”said Gaibor, nervous. “Today I am here and I am going to defend the colors of Barcelona to the death with all my commitment, so that together we can achieve what Barcelona wants,” he added.

Gaibor became uncomfortable again when they asked him if his past at Emelec would weigh on him while he was in Barcelona. “To close, Emelec is an institution that I have a lot of affection for, a lot of respect for its fans and all the people who worked at the club while I was there, but it is now a thing of the past. I think it’s been five years now since I left the club, I never disrespected them, I never stole anything, I gave them all my professionalism as they also helped me grow. Untill there”.

“It’s part of the past, I have a lot of respect and affection for it, but today my present is Barcelona and I come here with the same hunger as when I was 20 years old and wanting to go out on the field to win everything,” he stressed.

Uncomfortable and tense, the new bullfighter reinforcement settled the issue when he was asked if he had considered celebrating a goal against Emelec with the yellow jacket. “That is why in the previous question I said that I wanted to close the topic with things related to Emelec because the only thing we are going to create is morbid and that is what I do not want. I did it with Independiente del Valle, and the same, I show respect from my place. Clásico is Clásico, and I’m going to defend the Barcelona shirt to death today. If I score the goal, if I celebrate or not celebrate, that’s up to me. I respect the institutions”.

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