Gasol returns to the Barcelona club twenty years later

Pau Gasol and Barcelona officially signed an agreement this Tuesday whereby the 40-year-old Spanish basketball legend will represent the Catalans until the end of the season. This was confirmed by the basketball player himself.

“It just came to our knowledge then. I am translating a new page in the Barça club and I am very happy to have returned to the team in which I grew up and matured as a player. I am very grateful for this opportunity. I want to give the team as much as possible and at the same time being in better shape on the pitch, getting back to rhythm. I want to give the club the best I can in the most important stage of the season, as well as mine and the club’s fans. Forza Barca “, said the player player Pau Gasolis.

Mr. Gasol returns to Europe to play after a break of almost two decades. It is symbolic that when he went to the NBA, he left the Old Continent with Barcelona clothes.

It turned out that he has another motivation: to return to the best sports form and go to the fifth Olympic Games, which will be held in Tokyo this year, with the Spanish team.

In the Barça team, he will meet again with his former teammate Šarūnas Jasikevičius, who currently leads the team from the Catalan capital.

In the 2018-19 season, Gasolis played 30 games, during which he wore the jerseys of the San Antonio Spurs and the Milwaukee Bucks.

With the Spanish team, P. Gasolis won three Olympic medals in 2008, 2012 (silver) and 2016 (bronze).