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Carles Alena says joining Getafe was ‘a very easy decision’

Carles Alena has been talking about his decision to leave Barcelona and join Getafe on loan and says he knew it would be difficult to turn his situation around at the Camp Nou.

The midfielder struggled for game time in the first half of the season, making just five appearances in all competitions, and decided to move elsewhere in search of regular football.

Alena has already completed his first 90 minutes of the season, in Getafe’s 3-1 win over Elche, and says moving to Jose Bordalas’s side was an easy decision.

“I don’t think he [Koeman] failed me or anything.