It was an open secret and has become official. Raul villas has announced that it puts Final point to his stage in the Barça to follow your career in the United States. The young Barca player also flies towards him University Basketballand according to the journalist Chema de Lucas, he will sign for Charlotte.
Villar debuted with the first Barca team last February 27 and became the first player to debut with the first Barca team having started his career at the base in the mini equipment In 2018.
A progression that was cooking over low heat and practically going through the same path through which his brother had traveled, a Rafa Villar which is already consolidated in Liga Endesa after its good season at the Lleida hyopos.
Raul Villar and Rafa Villar agreed at Barça – Hípos Lleida de Liga Endesa / ACB Photo – Joan Vidal
Your numbers on the first team
Raul Villar leaves Barça after playing 16 games in Endesa League in which he has averaged 2.4 points, 1.1 assists and 1 rebound in just over nine minutes per game, while in Euroleague, Joan Peñarroya gave him minutes on February 27, in his debut with the first team nothing more and nothing less than in a classic against Real Madrid, as well as minutes distributed in the five games of the quarterfinal playoffs of the European competition against Monaco.
Peñarroya was delighted with Villar
“I think you talk little about Raul Villar. I don't know how many years a 17 -year -old kid, who would have to be playing the Junior Spain championship this week, he is being a very important player with the first team, doing it very well. If another 17 -year -old girl playing in another team, everyone would talk about him, but here nobody talks about Raul Villar, “ The Barca coach came to comment on his young pupil. Now, Villar makes his bags to try fortune in the United States with his teammates Dame Sarr (Duke) y Mathieu Grujicic (Ohio State). Through his social networks, the player has wanted to say goodbye to Barça showing his enormous thanks to the Barca club.
Joan Peñarroya and Raul Villar, in a Barça match / ACB Photo – Marc Graupera
This is Raul Villar's farewell statement
“Dear Culers. After seven years that have deeply marked my life, the time has come to close a very special stage and leave the club that has been like a second house for me. It is not easy to put in words everything I feel, but I am clear that I take memories, learning and emotions that I will always take with me.
During this time I have grown up, I have matured and, above all, I have lived a dream: From starting in the lower categories to the privilege of debuting with the first Barça team. When I was little and dreamed of playing with this shield, I would never have imagined everything that awaited me on the way. But I have lived it, and I have lived it intensely.
I want to thank all the coaches, fisios, doctors, psychologists and club staff from all over my side on this trip. Thank you for your dedication, for patience in difficult times and for believing in me when I needed it most. Without you, today it would not be the person or the player that I am. I also want to make a very special thanks to all the colleagues with whom I have shared costumes, training and a thousand battles on the track. You are more than colleagues: you are friends, you are a family, and that never forgets. Now I undertake a new path, with a heart full of love and gratitude. It is not a definitive farewell; I hope it's just one see you soon. Because this club, this shirt and these colors will be part of me forever. Visca Barça, always. “
