Jordi Alba denies he has plans to leave Barcelona.

The fullback has lost his first-choice status this season.

But he says: "I have a contract. My hope has always been to play here, my intention is to stay for many more years. It's my home and the club where I started. I have been here for five years giving my all and while it's like this I will stay here," he said after helping the team beat Espanyol 3-0.

"A player always wants to play as much as possible. This season I haven't played all the minutes I would have liked to but I'm not going to ask for explanations. It's clear I'd like to play more but now I'm getting minutes."