a few days ago, Jordi Alba He was on the ‘Offsiders’ podcast, where they asked him, among other things, which player has been the most difficult to defend in his career. “They always ask me the question and you will never be able to guess who it was,” says the Catalan side of the Inter Miami.
Alba says that he met a player in his first season as a full-back, when he played for Valencia. “I remember a sunny day at Mestalla and we faced Racing Santander. His name was Kennedy and he had fine hair. He was flying, literally, and it was terrible for me,” admits the former Barça player in reference to the Swede. Kennedy Bakirciogluwho is now 44 years old.
“The fact that he talks about being the toughest he’s ever met makes me happy. In fact, I also remember well that I played a good game against Valencia,” the footballer tells ‘Aftonbladet’. “And that Jordi Alba still mentions this, you don’t expect it after so many years. It’s nice to hear it,” he adds.
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The match was the premiere of La Liga 2011-12 and ended 4-3 for Valencia. But Kennedy was good offensively and was behind Racing de Santander’s first goal, when Roberto Soldado put the ball into his own goal.
