adminenough playing time at the club.
The 25-year-old midfielder has mostly started from the bench since joining the Catalan side and sometimes never used at all.
“Barcelona spent a huge sum of money to sign him, and Alex had high hopes while moving to Camp Nou, because there were a number of top-flight teams courting him,” Rigobert said on Thursday.
“But today, he is not a happy man in Spain. He had a first team role at Arsenal and thought life would be rosier at Barcelona, but it is not the case at the moment.”
The Indomitable Lions most capped player refused to comment on Song’s rumoured departure from Camp Nou.
Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger has told former Arsenal midfielder Alex Song to carry on trying to get into the Barcelona first team amid reports that he wants to leave Spain.
The Arsenal boss has said there is no buy-back clause in Song’s contract, and that he will not be returning to the Emirates any time soon.
“My personal advice for him would be to give it another go and after two seasons he can still make a decision.
“There is no buy-back (clause) in his contract. I heard he wants to give it a go for another season, which you can understand because it’s the first season.
“I think he’s a quality player and sometimes the players have to insist when it doesn’t go well and not change his mind too soon.”
The Cameroon international has only started 15 matches for Barcelona all season, and has had to play at centre-half for several of them.
Song’s cousin, Rigobert, was quoted on Wednesday as saying: “This season he has only been a substitute.
‘He is not happy. At Arsenal he was a leader on and off the field — he doesn’t feel like this in Spain and it makes him feel bad.”— Supersport.com
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