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Joao Félix antes de un partido con el FC Barcelona

"I GAVE UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT..."

Joao Félix's financial effort to play for Barça

Published:21/09/2023 - 09:14h

Updated:21/09/2023 - 11:23h

Joao Félix has 'confessed' at the beginning of his time at FC Barcelona and pointed out that, to dress in Barça, he had to give up a lot of money. The culés could not assume the high profile that he had at Atlético de Madrid

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Joao Félix has arrived stepping very strong in the FC Barcelona. After a very moved summer in which it tried, by all the roads, abandon the Athletic of Madrid, the player of 23 years recaló in the City Condal in quality of loan by a season and his impact has been immediate. It happened to be the descarte of the 'Cholo' Simeone to one of the protagonists in the Barcelona picture after the stop of selections. It comes to be lit in the debut in Champions League with a doublet and assistance, showing that it can be more than important in this course.

The Portuguese, without place to doubts, is justifying the bet of the blaugrana and, more important still, taking advantage of his opportunity to go back to the level that had turned him into one of the big 'perlas' of the European football when it was in the rows of the Benfica. It was the ideal place for him, as it has confessed, but to land in the City Condal had to do a lot of sacrifices (also of economic type) and live a 'nightmare' in the last days in which it was in Madrid.

The necessary change in the career of Joao Félix

In a recent interview conceded to 'Sportive World', the Portuguese attacker has reviewed all his actuality in these first three weeks like player of the Barça. It confirmed what was a secret to voices: it had to assume an important discount salarial, regarding what earned in Madrid, to be able to land in the group culé. "Yes, the truth that yes, that renounced to a significant quantity of money of my wage", began saying.

The true is that, even 'losing' money, was something necessary for Joao. It had to change of airs for reconducir his career and go back to be the player that had impressed in Benfica: "it Needed to change, it needed to go for a place in that it could practise my football and as I have said always thought that this would be the ideal place. The things are going out well and had to do this effort to go back to have joy playing".

Part of the responsibility of his immediate impact has had it his trainer, Xavi Hernández, the one who has not doubted in giving him the confidence that -perhaps- has been missing him in the past: "it has said Me from the first day that play to enjoy, to play with joy and put my football here inside. Claro that it asks me tactical questions but especially that it enjoy, that amuse me, and this is what am trying to do", recognised.

'Dardo' to the 'Cholo' Simeone and to the Athletic?

Questioned by the reasons by which thinks that could not triumph in the Athletic of Madrid of Simeone, the player aimed that it understands that it was because it did not fit in the ideas of the trainer: "This is clear for all, the football is like this, the one who is badly has to change of place. I have done it before for Chelsea and have done it now for the Barcelona because it was not well there, did not adapt me to the ideas of the club and of the trainer, but always have tried to do it the best that could and have happened very good moments there also".