Madrid Sep 15 (IANS) Real Madrid s attacking midfielder Isco Alarcon on Friday said he never thought about moving to Catalan football giants FC Barcelona.
The Spain midfielder signed a contract extension with La Liga side for four more years until 2022 after media reported that rivals Barcelona -- among other big European teams -- was interesting in him reports Efe.
"I never thought about the possibility of being signed by Barcelona because my idea was to triumph in Real Madrid " Alarcon said at press conference after signing the new contract.
"I got through hard times but that makes me relish the good times " Alarcon added.
He said that "maybe" Barcelona had tried to contact him but he ignored it as his intention was to stay at Real Madrid and keep improving.
The 25-year-old revealed that he could "have renewed the contract last year but I wanted to focus" on the competition.
"I was determined to sign it at the beginning of the season. I am very happy and very proud to present the best team in the world. I have 11 titles in three years which is amazing but we must be ambitious and the team always wants to win more " he added.
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