Isco Alarcón has broken his silence in an interview with 'El Pelotazo' on Canal Sur in which he spoke about his time as a player at Real Madrid, as well as his adaptation and the brilliant moment he is going through at Real Betis: “ The best way to clarify things is to talk yourself,” he said. And so he has done it.
Isco, who spent seven months without a team, has rediscovered himself as a professional at Benito Villamarín: "I came to Betis because I want to continue competing and winning," he points out about his summer signing for the Verdiblanco team. However, the Malaga native's football is was fading in recent years, after a brief spell at Unión Berlin, a gray signing for Sevilla and a final stage as a Real Madrid player in which he was “apathetic”: “I had to leave Real Madrid, because I felt that I no longer had to. be there more.”
"Things happened with coaches, that no matter what I did I wasn't going to play. I didn't have to be mentally prepared. There were moments when instead of giving a little more I broke down. They made me know that no matter what happened I was going to play little," He clarifies about his stay in Madrid: “Taking that step of leaving the best club in the world is complicated and getting the moment right is even more difficult,” he adds.
The Spanish footballer won three Champions Leagues in a row as a Merengue player with Zinedine Zidane, a coach of whom he has fond memories: “He is one of the coaches with the most personality I have ever had. Madrid surrounds pressure. It came at a difficult time and we won three Champions Leagues in a row. He left, came back and we won another League,” he said about the Frenchman.
The man from Arroyo de la Miel spent nine seasons at Real Madrid, but he also played in the ranks of Málaga for two seasons, the team with which he shone the most as a footballer under the guidance of Manuel Pellegrini: “I am very proud of the career I have I had it, but I'm not satisfied. "I came to Betis because I want to continue competing and winning, and show that Isco is here for a while."
Gone are “the bad moments” or the “labels that the media put on.” Those that “do not help footballers.” He now enjoys being on the field, in training and reflects the great physical and mental work that he has done to shine again on the pitch: “I have had help from my wife, my family and a therapist. It's healthy for everyone. It was good for me to stop to put my head in order,” she admits.
“I just needed a little trust and now I have it," he confesses. Now he has it from both Pellegrini and Ramón Planes, sports director of Real Betis, with whom he spoke to certify his arrival at Heliópolis: ""My arrival was very easy, in an afternoon and a half. I wanted to play, I wanted to compete, and I had more financially important offers from abroad, but I haven't guided myself in that." "There was a very good group and a growing club. I spent two wonderful years with the coach, I knew his idea of football, I knew many players. "Everything was pros," he adds.
Regarding a possible return to the Spanish team, Isco pointed out that "we would have to ask Luis de la Fuente", but he did not avoid his desire to "come back and win a title" with the national team: "The coach has to make a list. "Not everyone fits. I put myself in their situation and it is difficult. I have a thorn in my side that I will no longer be in the national team soon," he lamented.
Just around the corner is Euro 2024, a competition that he has never competed in as a professional and could play next year: “For asking not to be left, that's why I chose to continue competing at the first level to win titles. If I deserve it, maybe I can be there."
