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Matheus Fernandes Training with the Barça

HE COST 7 'KILOS' AND PLAYED 17 MINUTES

Matheus, a headless signing who has left through the back door

Published:30/06/2021 - 08:12h

Updated:30/06/2021 - 08:12h

Matheus Fernandes stopped being a FC Barcelona player this past Tuesday. The club decided to terminate his contract unilaterally and thus ended the Brazilian's stage at Barça, where he has only played 17 minutes.

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"The FC Barcelona has communicated to the Brazilian player Matheus Fernandes that does without his services and has terminated him the agreement that tied it with the Club until June of the 2025". East was the official announcement by means of which the Barça announced that Matheus Fernandes has does not form part of the entity. The Brazilian has left to be Barcelona player and puts end to a brief and unimportant stage in the Camp Nou.

The defensive midfield player arrived of the Palmeiras in July of 2020 in return of 7 million euros in a movement without feet neither head that any fan understood. The one of Itaboraí neither much less was one of the mediocentros more stood out of the Brazilian football and from the first day seemed not being qualified to play in the Barça. Besides, it fits to say that it played yielded in the Valladolid from January of 2020 to summer, although bureaucratic problems and injuries caused that almost it did not play.

With a lot of doubts and with the feeling of not giving the size arrived to the Barcelona the past summer and put to the orders of Ronald Koeman. The Dutch left him clear from the first day that did not have he, but had to remain because no found him accommodate. At the end, everything saldó with 17 minutes against the Dynamo of Kiev in Champions League, his only apparition in the past campaign and his only minutes with the elastic culé.

It is necessary to remember the words of the Brazilian against the Dutch trainer this same summer in an interview. The mediocentro ensured that the Dutch has something personal against him. "It was a bit difficult for me because I came with the expectation to play, to grow like footballer, like person, but happened me a rare thing, that is not playing, not having opportunities, be always was or train in positions that were not mine, like playing of right side or defence. I at all times thought that it was a personal thing because it did not speak with me, for me, is personal", said.

After desvelar that Koeman did him train out of his position, the already ex Barcelona ensured that the technician even separated him of form more or less usual of the work of group, accusing him of 'mobbing'. "There were days that did not train, remained me was doing endings, finish to goal, only heated and did endings, but was not with all the group. The days before the parties, that were more tactical, almost did not train with the group", confirmed.

Matheus Could not be still in the Barça with Koeman

After saying this was impossible to think that Matheus went to remain to the orders of the technician of Zaandam this course. For this reason and because it was necessary to free index cards in the first team, the Barça has preferred to arrive to an agreement to terminate his agreement and put end of this form to a stage that never had to begin. Fernandes, therefore, has gone of the Barça without opportunities to show his cost, but with the feeling that his arrival lacked sportive sense.