A Manchester City classic who retired in the ranks of West Ham. That is Pablo Zabaleta, who nevertheless does not forget his roots in European football at the hands of Espanyol.
The Argentine arrived in the ‘perico’ team in the 2005-06 season, at 21 years old from San Lorenzo. He was in Barcelona for three seasons in which he fell in love with the club and his wife.
“The truth is that I was lucky and had the ability to decide to come to a place that I was completely sure was the right one and I was not wrong. I ended up meeting my wife, I came to live in Barcelona, my son a fan of Espanyol. Who was going to tell me that that moment was going to change my life forever “, explained the Argentine
That is why Zabaleta is “extremely proud” of having gone to Espanyol. “It was the club that trusted me when I was young. There was a significant investment on the part of the club’s shareholders, we reached 3-4 at that time and always very grateful to the club for bringing me in being so young, “he said.
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