Jordi Alba speaks out on Barcelona exit after 11 years at the Camp Nou - ‘I’ve always had a clear conscience’

Jordi Alba has broken his silence after leaving Barcelona amid the club's economic troubles. Alba is leaving the Camp Nou following 11 years of service after taking the decision to withdraw from his current deal a year early and leave as a free agent. Ad The Spain captain is the latest high-profile departure from Catalonia this summer, following Gerard Pique’s retirement and Sergio Busquets's exit – the latter linked with a switch to Inter Miami and join Lionel Messi.

La LigaBrazil and Spain to play friendly in support of Vinicius12 HOURS AGO In a revealing interview with the Guardian, Alba alluded to how he had arrived at his decision to move on. He said: “We all know the economic needs but that’s not about one player. I’ve always said the problem isn’t me, I’ve always had a clear conscience.

I did the right things; I helped the club at every moment. And they have always helped me. “In the end people have realised.

The club and people know what I’m like. When I talk, it’s true. I can’t control what people say, come out every five or 10 days and say: ‘That’s false.’ The manager decided I had to have less protagonism.

I think I’ve been good when I’ve been given the chance to play. That’s what I hold on to. It’s not easy to go from 10 years of playing every game to that.

I think I’ve handled it well. “The club know the efforts I’ve made at certain moments or what I am doing by going now. They gave me the chance to stay another year.

It would have been very easy to. It’s my home. But I thought the right thing to do, the just thing, the honest thing, was to step to one side.