The Brazilian, who completed a deadline day switch to the Premier League, reveals he never wanted to depart Camp Nou.
Emerson Royal claims he was “kicked out” of FC Barcelona in a scathing attack towards his former club.
Emerson returned to Barcelona earlier this summer after the Catalan giants exercised their €9 million buy-back option to bring him back from Real Betis.
It was expected the full-back will be a key part of Ronald Koeman’s plans for the 2021-22 season, considering he had featured in the Joan Gamper Trophy final against Juventus as well as in their opening two La Liga games.
He was expected to compete with Sergino Dest for a starting spot, but the player was sold for a reported €25 million to Tottenham on the final day of the summer market.
“I thought that the club wanted me to stay. I played the Sunday as a starter, they day after I woke up and I went to training relaxed,” Emerson told Marca.
“There I already started to see that there were many things happening, that Tottenham spoke with Barcelona, that they had almost done it.
“I didn’t understand anything that was happening because I didn’t know anything.
“By the afternoon, the club called me because they wanted to speak with me and there they told me they wanted to sell.
“I met with the directors of the club. They started to tell me that the situation of the club wasn’t good, that I came in a complicated time and that for that reason it was better to sell.
“I repeated my intention to stay because I had a dream of playing here and contribute to Barcelona. I know that in my best form I was going to triumph here.
“I am smart and I realised in that moment, no matter what I said I was out. They were kicking me out with good words.
“I have the ambition to play. I could say that I am a footballer with a contract and I could have said I am staying, but I am a person who wants to be happy.
“I don’t want to stay at a club that I love but being sad. I knew their thoughts were that I don’t stay, without saying it.
“Then, I decided to leave. I said that I don’t want to stay and be sad.”
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