Carlos Vela admitted that LAFC held up a potential loan move to Barcelona last winter.

"Barca set up a scenario of [going there for] four months at that time and I accepted it because it was a very good opportunity. I wasn't going to say, 'Oh, I want two years, and if not, I'm not going.'

"They said four months and I'd have gone for four [months]. But LAFC did not make it easy for me to leave, although it is understandable. In the end, they seek the best for themselves and everyone else does too. I tried, it didn't come off and there's no problem because I am more than happy here," said Vela.

Vela has scored 50 goals in 61 matches with LAFC.

Vela added that he sees soccer more as a profession than a passion.

"I don't like the soccer industry and yes, I do like to play. The truth is I've been through a lot and you see that this is a job. It's not like for fans, for whom it is a feeling and a passion. As a player, seeing what I see and how they treat and handle us, you end up seeing it in that way [as a job].