Former Barcelona, Everton and Colombia Defender Yerry Mina have criticized former manager Ernesto Valverde for his time handling in the Catalan capital. Mina arrived in 2018 from Palmeiras in Barcelona in the winter transfer window, but did not make it the following season.
Mina signed for Barcelona by the Brazilian giants as a promising central defender with pace and power on the ball. During his seven months in Camp Nou, however, he struggled to impress and was sold to Everton after a few shaky competitions.
Mina finally only made six performances for Barcelona, a total of 377 minutes of action before he was sold. Manager the moment Valverde's handling did not help him according to the Colombian.
“Real Madrid was there too, but I wanted to play for Barca,” he told GDS, as quoted by Sport.
“Ernesto Valverde spoke to me alone on the first day. For seven months he did not speak to me. Despite winning La Liga and the Copa del Rey, I played very little and I walked a foot injury after an error by Rakitic in training.”
Despite his lack of playing time, Barcelona made a healthy win on Mina. He arrived for only € 12.4 million from Brazil and would make the switch to the Premier League for € 30.25 million and joined Everton.
“I wanted to leave Barcelona, although the fans worshiped me. But I wanted to play. Mourinho, who was at Manchester United, called me. He said,” If you are fit, you play. ” But I had to recover.
Valverde, currently responsible for Athletic Club, was criticized at the time because of his use of young players, but did not have such problems in the Basque Country. His latest success stories are Dani Vivian, Nico Williams and Mikel Jauregizar.