Opinion of the player
“I have seen a club that loved me, that has valued me , and that is very important.” Martin Braithwaite ‘s phrase refers to last September 2, in his presentation of him as a player for Espanyol for which he had signed just a few hours before, on the afternoon of the 1st, when the summer market closed. To understand them, it is enough to go back just a little further, to August 7, and recreate the loud whistle that the Camp Nou gave him in the presentation of Barcelona 2022-23, a squad of which the Dane was a part.
Injuries and lack of the opportunities
Despite the lack of opportunities, no matter how much his performance had not given more than himself due to a knee injury , part of the Barça fans and the club itself took it out on the striker , who demanded that he pardon his file until he terminated it, on the horn . Only six months have elapsed since then , a time that Braithwaite has had plenty of time to claim as a top scorer. Not surprisingly, he arrives at the Bernabéu in what is numerically the best moment of his career since he ended up in the League. He has scored three goals in the last two days, eight in total , which is his highest record. Ten scored in the two and a half years that he was at Barca. Starting in the 19 days in which he has been available since he signed for Espanyol, Braithwaite has not been slowed down by either the hangover from the World Cup , which he played with Denmark, or some discomfort in the knee that he has been dragging for weeks and that They prevent you from training normally.