Problems in Barcelona: a footballer will file a lawsuit against the club after being fired amid the renovation of the squad

The FC Barcelona is going through difficult times at the management level since the arrival of Joan Laporta to the presidency, who inherited a difficult economic situation of the previous board commanded by Josep Maria Bartomeu.

Now, the new boss of the Barcelona entity is carrying out a arduous task to reduce the wage bill of the squad in order to fit into it the salary that Lionel Messi will receive in a hypothetical contract renewal that has not yet been made official.

With the intention of deflating the millionaire figure that is invested in the salaries of the players, the leadership recently decided terminate Brazilian midfielder Matheus Fernandes’ contract, who since his arrival in 2020 practically did not have minutes in the first team. After the confirmation of his dismissal, from Spain they assured that the player will take legal action.

As reported by the program That you play of the chain Being Catalunya, the 23-year-old footballer is working with his lawyers to carry out a lawsuit against the Barça club understanding that he was fired “Improperly” and with the intention of fully collecting his contract, which ended on June 30, 2024.

To Fernandes, who He only participated in one game with the Barcelona shirt Before being loaned to Valladolid, he was informed via email that he would cease to be part of the club on June 29, despite the fact that from his environment they assured that I had three offers to go out.

As detailed in the sports program of the Catalan chain, the young midfielder had an offer of France, another from Greece and one from Palmeiras, a club from which he emigrated to Barcelona in 2020 in exchange for 7 million euros. The same sources close to the footballer assured that this legal instance could have been avoided if an agreement had been reached for him to leave through a new loan or with the letter of freedom under his arm.

After passing through Valladolid on loan, where he barely played three games (one of them with 1 minute on the pitch), he joined the first team again. culé with Ronald Koeman on the bench. During the last season Matheus has been almost more games off the list than not called up.

The Dutch coach, however, he quickly communicated that he was not going to take it into account since he preferred midfielders from the subsidiary such as Riqui Puig or Ilaix Moriba to complete the calls before him.

The brazilian He only played one game with the Barcelona shirt, in the field of Dinamo Kiev in the group stage of the Champions League (0-4), when he entered the 73rd minute replacing Pedri González.

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