Former Barcelona midfielder opens up about his departure – ‘If I had stayed…”

Former Barcelona midfielder Francisco Trincao has mirrored on his time with the membership and shared his ideas on his eventual departure. 

Regardless of his challenges at Barcelona, he’s at the moment having fun with the perfect season of his profession at Sporting CP in Portugal. With eight objectives and 12 assists in 36 video games by mid-February, Trincao has change into a key participant for the Portuguese league leaders.

Throughout his time at Barcelona, Trincao struggled to completely showcase his expertise. Though extremely regarded when he joined the Catalan giants, he didn’t handle to succeed in the extent anticipated of him. 

Wanting again 

Wanting again, he acknowledged that leaving the membership was a tough determination. He believed that if he had stayed, he may need had extra probabilities to play, significantly after Lionel Messi’s departure. 

“It’s all the time tough and at the moment, if I had stayed, I may have had extra alternatives as a result of it’s the yr that Messi left the staff and I may have performed a bit of bit that season,” he mentioned as quoted by SPORT.

Francisco Trincao is within the type of his life proper now. (Picture by Gualter Fatia/Getty Photographs)

“I all the time took it as a part of life and thought that I may play a bit of extra as a result of that yr I didn’t play as a lot. I don’t suppose it modified me that a lot, I didn’t doubt myself,” he added.

Maturity to play for Barcelona

One of many key reflections Trincao shared was concerning the maturity required to thrive at a membership as demanding as Barcelona. He admitted that being simply 20 years previous when Barcelona approached him was overwhelming. 

“Being 20 years previous and having a membership like Barça come and inform you that they love you, I don’t suppose anybody can say no and that you need to take a smaller step.” 

The thrill of being needed by such a prestigious membership made it practically unattainable for him to say no. Regardless of the challenges he confronted, he insisted he would by no means have turned down the chance to play for the membership.

“There you suppose that doing issues properly and taking part in there, I’d by no means have mentioned no to Barça, however maturity comes with the passage of time,” he famous.

Barcelona might keep in mind him as a participant who didn’t attain his potential, however his present performances counsel that his story is way from over. His expertise serves as a reminder that soccer careers usually contain twists and turns earlier than reaching their peak.