Luis Enrique did not have Douglas in the staff of the FC Barcelona this season 2016-17, and "MD" already advanced does some days an information in which it spoke of imminent cession of the carrilero Brazilian of 26 years to a club of the Spanish League, the Sporting of Gijón, that already interested by Douglas during the past market of winter.
During the midday of this Friday, before the press conference of presentation of Jasper Cillessen, Robert Fernández, Albert Soler and Jordi Mestre confirmed the definite cession of Douglas to the Sporting, with the peculiarity that it will be the FC Barcelona the one who credit the complete index card of the player this campaign, although the Sporting will have a clause by which will have to compensate economically to the Barça in the case that Douglas do not obtain the necessary minutes.
Robert Fernández, the technical secretary, already had repeated by active and by passive in the last weeks that his big wish is that Douglas play and have of minutes, by what the idea was to yield him this season to the Sporting or to another club for, from here, see his evolutions and decide next summer if it is yielded again, returns to the Barcelona or tries a traspaso definite in the market of signings.
Douglas is a footballer that has not been able to develop completely in the Barcelona because of the injuries and to the fault of opportunities that has had with Luis Enrique, because of the big competition in the right side and to the high probability that the Brazilian do not have the sufficient level as to surrender with guarantees in a club of the size of the Barça. Has valid agreement with the Barça until 2019.