When chatting with NBA star Siakam on social platforms, Alexander Song admitted that he joined Barca for money, even if he couldn't play the ball.
After Arsenal had just played a highlight season, Alexander Song was favored by Barca, who nodded in agreement after reading the contract. Alexander Son played seven seasons at Arsenal, including being loaned to Bolton Son in the second half of the 2006/07 season. He did have a career-high season in 11/12, delivering 11 assists in a single season and playing a midfield master. But in the first six seasons, Alexander Song actually only delivered 5 assists in the Premier League.
At the end of the 11/12 season, Barca invited Alexander Song to join, when Arsenal also accepted a £17 million offer from Barca. Recalling joining Barca, Alexander-Song bluntly said it was purely for money.
Alexander-Song said: "I played at Arsenal for 7 years and everyone thought I was a millionaire, but in fact I had less than £100,000 in savings at the time. When I receive a contract from Barca, I first look at how much money I can make. The Barça sporting director told me he couldn't guarantee me playing time, but I didn't care, as long as I could become a millionaire. ”
After joining Barca, Alexander Song, who played in midfield, really did not have a place. At that time, Barca not only had Habeb, but also Spain international midfielders Thiago and Fabregas, and Alexander-Song even sometimes had to make cameo appearances at centre-back. But it doesn't matter to Alexander-Song, because he signed Barca on a five-year contract with an annual salary of 5 million euros, even if it is 5 million euros before taxes, his total income from the completion of the contract is more than 10 million euros.
However, Alexander Song did not stay at Barca for 5 years, and he was terminated by Barca when he only had one year left on his contract, which did not affect his total income at all.
In those years, Barca imported Fabregas, Alexander Song and Vermalen from Arsenal were not very successful, especially Vermalen, who recovered from various injuries as soon as he arrived at Barcelona and became Barca's mascot.