Matheus Fernandes: Koeman told me ‘you don’t have qualities for Barcelona’

Barcelona midfielder Matheus Fernandes feels he’s been frozen out this past season by coach Ronald Koeman.

The Brazilian has largely spent the season in Segunda B with Javier Garcia Pimienta’s Barca B.

“I also ask myself the question. Why? I don’t know,” Fernandes told Mundo Deportivo. “The trainer told me that I wouldn’t get many chances, but some chances. There have been competitions in which I could easily have participated. That has happened to others too.

“I don’t know what’s going on in the trainer’s mind. That is the big question. I think we could have had more of a conversation. But he doesn’t talk much and I still don’t know why he didn’t use me.

“One day I spoke to Koeman and he told me that he was not counting on me. That I could leave if I found a good club. But one where I could play. However, I did not find a club because I am still young and only just arrived in Europe. I asked Koeman to give me minutes to find a club, but that didn’t happen. It was very strange.

“About a month later, after not playing anymore, I went to his office and asked why I wasn’t getting more chances. ‘Am I playing badly?’ Was my question. And Koeman said, ‘No, you played well. But I can’t let you play because I’m not counting on you. You don’t have the qualities to play for Barcelona‘.”

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