La primera Champions sin Leo Messi en el Barça no contemplaba la posibilidad de ver al argentino en el Camp Nou con otra camiseta. El sorteo impedía el morbo al estar
That led him to England and second-tier club Middlesbrough, where he struggled to make an impact.
Loan spells at another French club, Bordeaux, and then a minnow of La Liga, Leganes, followed. Braithwaite had moved to Leganes permanently when he received one of the most important phone calls of his life.
“I was picking up my son from [football] practice and we are driving home and my agent called and he told me that Barcelona is interested. He said they seemed really, really interested.”
Braithwaite could hardly contain his excitement, but more than a decade in the professional game had prepared him to manage his expectations.
Martin Braithwaite spent time in a wheelchair as a child; now he s Lionel Messi s wingman at Barcelona
FC Barcelona and Denmark forward Martin Braithwaite tells CNN about his journey from being in a wheelchair for two years as a kid to playing with Leo Messi at FC Barcelona.
Posted: Apr 16, 2021 6:40 PM
Updated: Apr 16, 2021 6:40 PM
Posted By: By Don Riddell, CNN
It s a memory that Martin Braithwaite has pushed to the back of his mind watching his friends having fun while he was temporarily trapped in a wheelchair. I don t have a lot of memories because it s such a sad moment, Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite recently told CNN Sport, You re looking at all the other kids running around, smiling, playing. It hurt. Obviously, it was a really tough period of my life.
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