The Portuguese defender Nelson Semedo provide details of your departure from the Barcelona in the middle of 2020 despite being one of the important pieces of the team and what the board told him at the meeting.
“When I returned from vacation, I arrived in Barcelona with the family and we talked, as we used to do. I was told that the club was having some financial problems and I was one of the players who could go out and secure some money. There were several players in the same position as me. Suarez, Vidal, Rakitic… “, he said to The Telegraph the now player of the Wolverhampton of England.
In the conversation with the English media, Semedo explained his day to day with the Argentine Leo Messi and surprised with his confession.
“I really don’t have many words that can describe how good he is. You know what makes him even more amazing? I never saw him throw a free throw in training, all the time I was there. I swear he never did. we always used to practice shooting from a distance, but Messi he never threw a foul. For him, it was just natural. They say that practice is for the teacher, with him it was not practice and yet it was perfect! “, He added.
The defender wore the Barça shirt for three seasons, adding up to a total of 124 games, 2 goals and 6 assists.
He remembered his debut with Barça he remembered what he thought when he saw Leo beating rivals.
“In one of my first matches at Barcelona, Messi he grabbed the ball and went from three, four and then five players. Unconsciously, he was in the field thinking “how can this guy do this?” It makes good players look bad, “he concluded.