Matheus Fernandes, a strange signing that nobody understood

The past month of January, the FC Barcelona​ surprised with an odd operation in the market of wintry signings in which it announced the signing of Matheus Fernandes, midfield player that played in the Palmeiras, for later yield it to the Real Valladolid until final of season. The group barcelonista paid 7 million fixed euros and other three in variables for fichar to the unknown Brazilian footballer.

Alexandre Mattos, sportive director of Palmeiras, desveló in an interview with Fox Sports how fraguó the operation. "In October of 2019, called to André Cury and asked him that it spoke with Abidal because it wanted to teach him to a player. Cury Thought that it was Dudu. Abidal Was to see a training of the team reserves of Palmeiras. I said him 'it looks the number 35'. In this moment, called me crazy. 'You want to sell a player of reservation of Palmeiras, that plays little, to the Barcelona?'", it explained.

Taking consciousness of the abysmal differences between the football of the championship of Brazil and LaLiga Santander, the FC Barcelona opted for giving him to Matheus Fernandes the opportunity to acclimate to the rhythm of the peninsular competition in José Zorrilla. Nevertheless, his participation in the team pucelano reduced to three parties, by what the Brazilian did not lengthen his loan.

It was as well as Matheus Fernandes initiated the pre-season with the FC Barcelona, to the orders of Ronald Koeman. But already from the first moment, the Dutch technician obvió his presence and not even did him play in any of the three friendly that the team contested before the start of LaLiga Santander. It advised him that it looked for team to be able to have minutes, since it would not find them in the Camp Nou.

Finally, any team concretised his cession, by what Matheus Fernandes received index card of the first team and also dorsal, inheriting the ancient '19' of Martin Braithwaite.​ Now it confronts to a situation to have hardly opportunities: Frenkie of Jong, Sergio Busquets and Miralem Pjanic will deliver the minutes and the Brazilian will have to litigate with Carles Aleñá and Riqui Puig to turn into the chamber in discord.

Matheus Fernandes, a signing ghost

When the FC Barcelona fichó to Matheus Fernandes, the operation remembered a lot to other catastrophic that the club had carried out in the past in Brazil like the ones of Keirrison, Henrique or Douglas Pereira. The ex of Palmeiras can turn into a new case, since neither is neither expects him . Anybody understood why him fichó and, to day of today, anybody has attained to do it.