FCBARCELONA.CAT

19.06.2008 13:51

Grimau: “He is a very important signing”

Aleix Santacana / Jordi Clos

Roger Grimau is very positive about Juan Carlos Navarro rejoining Barça, and is also impressed with the new approach the club is taking to its basketball section.

The return of Juan Carlos Navarro has been welcomed by the basketball squad, and captain Roger Grimau expressed their feelings to www.fcbarcelona.cat and Barça TV, saying “for us to have a player of such class is very, very good. It is all been very fast, perhaps we didn’t expect it to be like that, but he is a very important signing for us and I hope he can help to make this season a good one and that we can win a title”.

Hungry to win

Over the last year, Grimau has stayed in contact with Navarro and said “apart from his qualities, which we all know, I hope this year he has had in the NBA have been good for him personally, even though the team did poorly with so many defeats, it should mean he has come back itching to win”.

A home-bred star

The captain is also glad to see that the section is going to be given a new lease of life by its new director of basketball Joan Creus. Said Grimau, “if a player is good and has the quality to play for Barça, fantastic … the more players the better, along with players from outside that can make the team more competitive. But in the case of Juan Carlos, he is a star and a local lad, and that’s even better”.