The Classical between the Barcelona and Real Madrid of this Saturday in the Camp Nou will be a reason of celebration for Gerard Hammered, the one who will arrive to the figure of 600 parties to level of clubs after his step in the Manchester United, Saragossa and the club of his life, the FC Barcelona, to the that arrived in 1997 with alone 10 years.
The central Catalan is one of the active more important of the defensive saga blaugrana. It carries a whole life in the Camp Nou and his intelligence to advance to the rival danger, in addition to a big aerial game has turned it into an indisputable footballer and one of the pillars of the Barcelona in the last decade.
In 1997, Gerard Hammered began to form part of the inferior categories of the Barcelona club. It began in the Alevín To and little by little was surpassing all the stages in the club, standing out by versatility and big capacity goleadora although his ideal position went the one of head office. It called the attention of a lot of clubs, but finished signing his first professional agreement with the Manchester United in 2004.
Gerard Hammered, a legend in the Barça
With the 'Network Devils' of England grew like professional and seated the bases to play in a big team. It lived two stages in the club of Manchester, after having been yielded by a campaign to the Saragossa (2006-2007), where had his first approach to the professional football Spanish and played 28 parties. His exert ocasionó that the team directed by Sir Alex Fergurson carried it of turn to the Old Trafford, where won a Champions League, in 2008, and contested 23 meetings.
With his return to the Camp Nou, turned into one of the central more important of the history. Pep Guardiola turned it into a key player for the club and a very difficult footballer to replace. Although it is not very strong, as a lot of other defenders, has stood out for being extremely agile, intelligent and able to predict the actions of the rival forwards.
In this season, under the orders of Ronald Koeman, has been an indisputable player and big manager of the defensive effectiveness blaugrana. It has contested all the possible meetings. In the most recent in LaLiga Santander, in front of the Getafe, the Catalan completed his split number 350 in the national competition and goes to by more.
Although in the beginning of the Champions League, during the goleada 5-1 in front of the Ferencváros, Hammered was expelled in the second time, will continue being a special week for him. After 16 years in the professional football, will reach the 600 parties to level of clubs and will not do it in front of a rival any one, but in front of the Real Madrid.
Culé By four years more
Gerard Hammered will have the opportunity to contest a lot of parties more dressing the T-shirt blaugrana. Justo after the goleada of the Barça in Champions League, the club announced the renewal of the central and four players more. In the case of the Catalan, signature until the 2024.
With the extension of his agreement, Hammered will be player of the Barcelona until the 37 years. At present, it registers 548 parties in all the competitions and is the seventh player that more times has dressed the shield blaugrana, by behind Xavi Hernández (767), Lionel Messi (736), Andrés Iniesta (674), Carles Puyol (593), Sergio Busquets (584) and Miguel Bernardo (549).