Shortly after his retirement in 2020, Jeremy Mathieu He has been in the news again since the former French defender in an interview with his country’s newspaper, L’Equipe, He confessed what he did not to go to Barcelona in 2014, a failed attempt, because in any case he ended up signing with the club culé.
And at that moment, Jérémy was very happy with him Valencia, the team that arrived in June 2009, so He did not want to leave this team, apart from the fact that he was convinced that with Blaugranas he will only warm the bench, so it occurred to him to make a fake contract as part of your plan to stay.
“I didn’t want to go to Barça. When he approached me (in 2014), I was captain in Valencia, I was enjoying my life there and I was wondering: am I going to polish the bench in Barcelona? When I received the contract you offered me, I wrote a new contract, in which there was a salary of one level between the one I was receiving at the time and the one that Barça offered me “, he says.
“I showed this fake contract to the sporting director of Valencia (Francisco) Rufete, telling him “if you give me this, I’ll stay”, he replied “this should not be a problem”. I called the president (Amadeo Salvo), who refused. Rufete couldn’t believe it … I tore up the paper and told them, “So I’m leaving‘. I understand it’s not based on me, “he recalls.
In Barcelona, where he stayed from 2014 to 2017, he did not play as well as in Valencia, but he had several games as a starter, but the injuries were very constant.
In addition, on one occasion he was accused of deliberately scoring a goal because he was in a duel against Valencia. “I took one with Barça against Villarreal (2-2, March 20, 2016). In one corner I don’t see how the ball ends up, it jumped off my chest and entered the goal. After that, all the Spanish journalists crushed, as if he had done it on purpose. “
In the end, he decides to terminate his contract when he was one year away from fulfilling his stay, was released and was Sporting de Portugal your destination club.
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