FC Barcelona v Al Ahly SC- Joan Gamper Trophy
BARCELONA, SPAIN - AUGUST 19: Hector Fort of FC Barcelona greets the fans prior to the Joan Gamper Trophy match between FC Barcelona and Al Ahly SC at Spotify Camp Nou on August 19, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Ion Alcoba Beitia/Getty Images)
Gill Clark Gill Clark is the site manager of Barca Blaugranes and joined in 2017. She has worked in sports media as a writer and editor for the best part of two decades and has been in love with the beautiful game for as long as she can remember.
Hector Fort has said goodbye to Barcelona fans after completing a move to Real Sociedad. The defender has signed a five-year deal with La Real but Barca retain a buy-back option and a sell-on clause.
The defender joined Barcelona all the way back in 2013, making his way through the ranks, and admits it’s tough to have to wave farewell to the Catalan giants.
He posted on Instagram: “I was born just a few meters from Camp Nou, into a family and a neighborhood that felt the club’s colors as their own. It all began at the age of seven for that boy from Les Corts who played in the local square and would eventually wear the jersey of the club he had always felt was his own.
“There are no words to express what it has meant to me to have the good fortune of fulfilling my family’s dream—and, of course, my own.
“Wearing these colors, winning titles, and bearing this crest on my chest for 13 years has been one of the most beautiful things to happen to me in my life, because I am—and always will be—a *Culer*.
“Many thanks to everyone who has been part of these years—to the people who supported me without hesitation and to those who continue to do so every day.
“Now it is time for me to follow my path far from home, but I will always carry with me the values of Barça, everything this club has taught me, and the pride of having grown up here.”
Let’s wish Hector Fort all the best for the future. Good luck!