{"id":214203,"date":"2019-07-05T12:06:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/pena-i-m-hungry-and-keen-to-grow\/"},"modified":"2019-07-05T12:06:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:06:46","slug":"pena-i-m-hungry-and-keen-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/en\/pena-i-m-hungry-and-keen-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Pe\u00f1a: “I’m hungry and keen to grow”"},"content":{"protected":false,"blocks":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg","alt":"||||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The defender has thanked Villarreal for giving him the chance to play for the club and has promised to work hard"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Rub\u00e9n Pe\u00f1a was presented this lunchtime as a new Villarreal player in a press conference at the press room at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). Accompanied by the club CEO Fernando Roig Negueroles, the right-back spoke in public for the first time since signing."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity for me. I\u2019m arriving at a massive club. I\u2019m sure that I won\u2019t lack hard work or ambition in this new challenge. I\u2019ve fought a lot to be able to be where I\u2019m seated today. I\u2019m a very hard-working footballer. I\u2019m always searching for new goals and new challenges: I\u2019m arriving here keen to help the team get their objectives, but I\u2019m also hungry, ambitious and keen to grow as a player,\u201d explained Pe\u00f1a."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Furthermore, the new Yellows reinforcement wanted to thank Villarreal for the trust shown in him: \u201cI\u2019ve felt very wanted since I arrived. It\u2019s a club whose way of working I\u2019ve always liked. It\u2019s like a family. 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Accompanied by the club CEO Fernando Roig Negueroles, the right-back spoke in public for the first time since signing. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity for me. I\u2019m arriving at a massive club. I\u2019m sure that I won\u2019t lack hard work or ambition in this new challenge. I\u2019ve fought a lot to be able to be where I\u2019m seated today. I\u2019m a very hard-working footballer. I\u2019m always searching for new goals and new challenges: I\u2019m arriving here keen to help the team get their objectives, but I\u2019m also hungry, ambitious and keen to grow as a player,\u201d explained Pe\u00f1a. Furthermore, the new Yellows reinforcement wanted to thank Villarreal for the trust shown in him: \u201cI\u2019ve felt very wanted since I arrived. It\u2019s a club whose way of working I\u2019ve always liked. It\u2019s like a family. I want to continue moving on in Spanish football and this club is ideal for that.\u201d One of his great qualities is his versatility, but Pe\u00f1a believes he is most comfortable as a right-back: \u201cIt\u2019s a position I know well and where I\u2019ve played most at the top level. Before I played further forward and I scored. I would like to help the team by getting goals but I can\u2019t forget that I\u2019m a defender.\u201d Finally, the 27-year-old confirmed that he has left the meniscus injury that kept him off the pitch for a stretch of last season behind him: \u201cI went through a good moment of rehab at the time, and on Monday, I\u2019ll be ready to train with the group.\u201dhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tojAg7sfZcY","headings":[],"buttons":[],"images":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg","alt":"||||||","width":819,"height":460,"srcset":"https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 819w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128-32x18.jpg 32w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/villarrealcf.es\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fe18a070f3273e04542ee4f192923128.jpg 1920w","sizes":"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px"}],"counts":{"blocks":8,"headings":0,"texts":6,"buttons":0,"images":1}},"sections":[{"id":"section-1","title":"","text":"The defender has thanked Villarreal for giving him the chance to play for the club and has promised to work hard Rub\u00e9n Pe\u00f1a was presented this lunchtime as a new Villarreal player in a press conference at the press room at the Villarreal CF Training Ground (Ciudad Deportiva). Accompanied by the club CEO Fernando Roig Negueroles, the right-back spoke in public for the first time since signing. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity for me. I\u2019m arriving at a massive club. I\u2019m sure that I won\u2019t lack hard work or ambition in this new challenge. I\u2019ve fought a lot to be able to be where I\u2019m seated today. I\u2019m a very hard-working footballer. I\u2019m always searching for new goals and new challenges: I\u2019m arriving here keen to help the team get their objectives, but I\u2019m also hungry, ambitious and keen to grow as a player,\u201d explained Pe\u00f1a. Furthermore, the new Yellows reinforcement wanted to thank Villarreal for the trust shown in him: \u201cI\u2019ve felt very wanted since I arrived. It\u2019s a club whose way of working I\u2019ve always liked. It\u2019s like a family. 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