THE FRENCHMAN WAS LOSING STRIPES WITH THE COACH
Jérémy Mathieu opens up about his tough days at Luis Enrique's Barça
Published:13/02/2024 - 17:46h
Updated:13/02/2024 - 22:38h
For Jérémy Mathieu, his time at Luis Enrique's Barça was not too pleasant in terms of his relationship with the Spanish coach, something he revealed in a recent interview
Jérémy Mathieu was interviewed in this start of week in 'Bein Sports' with reason of the clash of Champions League between Paris Saint-Germain and the Real Sociedad of this Wednesday. The half French wanted to take advantage of so that the defence left his analysis of the team of Luis Enrique, trainer that was to charge of the already exfutbolista in the FC Barcelona in the stage of the míster in the team azzulgrana.
The exazulgrana wanted to leave clear how is the Asturian inside the changing room, and left to glimpse that it does not save a good memory of him. It affirms that it did not give him confidence, that did not speak with them and that did not understand his decisions. "We will say that our experience was a mix, Was he the one who wanted to me and gather us secretly to agree the signing. It is a trainer that does not speak you a lot and does not give you too much confidence", ensured.
Luis Enrique had a cold relation with Mathieu
"Game a lot with confidence and, sometimes, played important parties and afterwards was in the bench. So, in reality, it needed continuity. This is what did not understand. But never it explained me why. Maybe it did not have time, do not know it...", it revealed the Frenchman. Mathieu was to title in a lot of parties in his two first seasons in the Camp Nou after his arrival in 2014 pertinent of Valencia, but in the third campaign was relegado to the bench without knowing too many reasons.
"Maybe it works like this. No, I do not know why, I think that like this it is as it works Luis Enrique. Like this it is as it is. A problem in Paris? Maybe. Afterwards it changed his form to be and to do the things? I do not know it. It was like this for us in the Barça and at the end had a bad time", sentenced Mathieu. The exjugador equally recognised that it did not want to fichar by the Barça and was about to to break the agreement, something that finally did not have to suceder after his traspaso to the Sporting, shortly before withdrawing definitively of the professional football in 2021.
