Barcelona Raphinha’s star revealed the extent of Vitor Roque’s struggles in Catalonia, revealing that the young striker even melted in tears at the end of one of Hansi Flick’s training sessions.
After seeing Real Madrid test the Brazilian market to great degrees of success, Barça chose to sign its hotshot samba in 2023, granting an agreement of 40 million euros with Athletico Paranaenense for the teenage striker Roque.
The 18 -year -old joined the club at the beginning of 2024, but had trouble making a name for himself during his first six months in Catalonia – a tumultuous period for Barcelona at the end of the management mandate of Xavi Hernandez.
Roque scored twice in 14 liga appearances before Flick’s appointment, and there was a lot of speculation surrounding the future of the player during the summer. Such a speech, Raphinha revealed Isabela Pagliariweighed heavily on the Roque.
“There was a training session in which Vitor was very upset by this situation of” going, not leaving “,” stay, do not stay “, some told him to stay, others to leave,” said the Barça winger.
Flick apparently had little word to say about the future of Roque, with Raphinha adding that the new manager “went to the board of directors to discover the situation of Vitor”, and admirably treated admirably after his fall in tears.
“There was a training session in which he made a lot of stupid errors. He finished the first part of the session and melted in tears. Then, the coach called me to help him with the translation, he asked me what was going on and Vitor could not even speak. He said to me:” Ask him if he wanted to go.
A sympathetic film wanted to keep Roque for the season, the German saying to Raphinha that he “counted” on the young attacker, but he was rather loaned to the real Betis, where he marked seven times in 33 appearances, and has since returned to Brazil. Palmeiras finally signed the 20 -year -old for 25 million euros in February before the club World Cup this summer.
After a forgetful passage in Spain, during which Roque separated from his wife, there is hope that the Brazilian will be able to put his career on the right track in a familiar environment. He scored his first goal in his homeland against Vasco Da Gama this weekend, and Roque’s advisor Andre Cury insisted in March so that Roque left Barcelona without resentment.
“Vitor Roque does not leave Barça with a bad feeling. I think he could return to Barça in a few years,” said Cury.
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