Gerard came to the fore from a very young man. He shared the costume of the cadets and youth with Xavi, and already 18 years, despite going to start with the Junior A, he did with Barcelona B. I was very young, but began to shine on FC Barcelona branch. He came to The Farm after highlighting the CF Granollers Club, the birthplace, when he was just one of so many kids who swell ranks of children of any quarry football. However, their numbers in the 'B' to the attention of several clubs, and seeing that was really hard to make the jump to the first team, the 'new Guardiola', as some called the Mini, packed up course Valencia. It was the summer of 1997.
Mestalla had the wise decision to give the young Gerard Alaves to be tanned. Catalan did the job perfectly and would soon return to the entity che, where he expected the best years of his meteoric career. He still did not know, but possibly the best version of Granollers was in Valencia, with Hector Cuper at the helm and a host of successes that catapulted him to become one of the best midfielders in Europe. His youth, coupled to the way the goal was easily made Valencia a version of that memorable. And so, with the young Gerard, barely 21 years, carrying a few gallons that allowed him to be at Euro 2000. The offers came quickly, with Milan and Barcelona who were more interested in his services.
The summer of 2000 was eventful for Barcelona. It ended the presidency of Josep Lluís Nuñez and instead would be his 'vice', Joan Gaspart, who made a charge he always came big. To top it off, Real Madrid Florentino Perez, who also had to do with the presidency, snatched a Luis Figo almost in the back, with the approval of the Portuguese, by active and passive was tired of denying any agreement with Madrid candidate in the Catalan press. So, Barcelona had in its coffers with no more and no less than 10,000 million pesetas. Possibly, and speaking in retrospect, the worst in many years invested.
We had to rebuild the team and one of the first to arrive was the good Gerard, who did not hesitate an instant reconnect with their past, yes, in exchange for 3,600 million pesetas (about 21 million euros). After him came Overmars and Petit, but maybe they deserve a separate post. Gerard, with '14 'on the back of his idolized Johan Cruyff, aroused enthusiasm in Barcelona, but a project done in haste, with Llorenç Serra Ferrer in the dock, never noted as much and as well as did in Valencia. A Gerard he lived a hard stage, it won the Madrid and Barcelona all was the national laughingstock. Moreover, among its quality slipped injuries, another burden that prevented what was presumed as a real crack ended in a broken toy, and never better.
The player spent five seasons in the second stage, the last, and with Frank Rijkaard in the dugout, as president Joan Laporta and Ronaldinho on the pitch, which was finally able to achieve a title (League 2005). His relentless physical problems and the ambitious project of Barcelona did the rest. Gerard had no place. Its decline took shape when it passed unnoticed by Monaco (2005) French, which only played a dozen games in two years. On his return to the League tried his luck in the Recreation (2007), where he was minutes, but could not avoid relegation delDcn. After tasting the sweetness of unemployment and train with the Granollers, she received the offer which has so far been his last club, the Girona (200). In Montilivi without pointing the spotlight, won a three-year renewal, although he had signed for only six months. However, their adventure in the Catalan side despite a good start, finished a few days ago . He had one year left on his contract but was not in the plans of Raul Agne. While collaborations with the program 'Ball Point' as contertulio, the question is whether the age of 32 will try their luck in a world that had everything to succeed or permanently hanging up his boots. Theirs is a story of a signing sounded and a silent goodbye. In NDF | Transfers notorious 
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