Lenglet: I have competition in my position but I want to play as much as possible LaLiga - Barcelona Frenchman is ambitious

After signing his contract with Barcelona, Clement Lenglet gave his first press conference as a Blaugrana and identified that he will need to work hard to achieve his aim of playing as much as possible.

The 23-year-old has arrived from Sevilla with the ambition to be a starter rather than a back-up to Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti.

"I want to play as much as possible," he said to reporters.

"I know I'm in a very big club with competition in my position but I will try to play and do my best to be on the field for every game.

"I'm here to win titles and that's very important.

"I'm also ambitious but respectful, there are very good players here and I'm going to learn."

Lenglet, in the Sevilla side that was beaten 5-0 in the Copa del Rey final last season, was proud to be given the chance to wear the blaugrana colours.

"I'm very proud because as a child I wanted to play in such a big club and today I have the opportunity," he continued.

"With the confidence of the coaching staff behind me in order to experience these incredible moments with this club, I want to do my best to enjoy it with my teammates."

His international colleagues will now become his club mates, and Lenglet hopes that Adrien Rabiot is also added to the squad.

"At the moment I have not spoken to them [French players], they have a very important appointment this Sunday and they need to think about the World Cup final," he added.

"They will explain to me how things work.

"I'm very happy for Umtiti, he's having a great World Cup, and I'm here to play and learn.

"Umtiti has more experience than me and I want to learn from him.

"Of course I would like to have Rabiot as a teammate, he is a young player who can be among the best in the world in the future and he is my friend."