Former Barcelona defender Jeremy Mathieu has admitted that he didn't want to move to Camp Nou in 2014 because he knew he would have to "polish the bench".
Barca snapped Mathieu up from Valencia for €20 million (£17m/$24m) seven years ago, tying him down to a four-season contract.
The Frenchman won plenty of silverware during his time in Catalonia but never managed to establish himself as a regular in the starting XI, and has now revealed that he would have preferred to continue his career at Mestalla.