Barcelona midfielder Marc Casado has pressured his love for the membership within the face of rumours of switch curiosity from Chelsea.
21-year-old Casado is having fun with a breakout season at Barcelona below Hansi Flick, making 36 appearances throughout all competitions earlier than being struck down by a knee harm which has left him in a battle to return earlier than the top of the marketing campaign.
His spectacular kind is claimed to have caught the attention of Chelsea, with experiences in Spain linking the Blues with a transfer for Casado which may very well be price near €40m (£33.9m).
Whether or not such a suggestion from the Premier League outfit ever materialises stays to be seen, however a latest interview noticed Casado open up on simply how a lot he loves representing Barcelona below Flick, suggesting any switch curiosity could be knocked again shortly.
“He has modified my life,” Casado informed AS of Flick. “He took me from the reserve crew to the primary crew.
“What I needed was to play soccer, particularly on this shirt.”
Casado was rewarded with a brand new four-year contract final summer time after making a handful of cameo appearances final season below former supervisor Xavi, and his profession has solely continued upwards since Flick’s arrival.
The brand new boss handed Casado 27 begins earlier than his knee harm. Whereas there was preliminary pessimism over his probabilities of including to that tally this season, there may be now a perception the younger midfielder may very well be again in motion as early as this Sunday’s assembly with Actual Madrid.
“I have been on the pitch for some time now, and the whole lot is responding,” Casado defined. “Everybody feels superb: physios, docs, and restoration workers. I might say I am healed and simply have to prepare.”
