Braithwaite: I am going to stay at Barcelona for more than four and a half years Barcelona Wants to make history

Martin Braithwaite may have been signed as an emergency solution to Barcelona's injury problems in attack but the Dane aims to stick around for a long time.

The 28-year-old, who joined from Leganes in late February, signed a contract that runs until the summer of 2024 yet is confident that he will play for Barcelona beyond his current deal.

"I am sure I am going to stay even more than four and a half years. That's how I see it in my head," he told ESPN.

"Right now I just want to go out and play, enjoy and win titles with this team because that is what I was brought here to do.

"At Barcelona I am looking at all these legendary players that played here, and all the periods where they had some of the best teams, and so one of my goals is to be able to say I played in one of the best Barcelona sides of a generation."

Barcelona paid Braithwaite's minimum fee release clause of 18 million euros to Leganes, something which did not go down well at the Madrid-based club as it left them without the chance to sign a replacement during amid a relegation fight.

"I cannot speak highly enough of Leganes," Braithwaite said.

"It was really special for me and the way they treated me when I had to leave.

"Sometimes when you leave a club, you can leave with mixed feelings, but they totally understood me.

"They told me that this was a once in a lifetime chance and so I had to take it.

"Of course, they felt it was not fair they could not go out and get a replacement, which I understand, but at the end of the day they were really nice to me."