The Brazilian admitted why he had to go for an illegal transfer.

Former Donetsk miner player Matuzalem remembered the scandalous period of his career. The footballer told what he had to go, for the sake of leaving the Ukrainian club and for what it was done.

" With my agent, I developed a plan to leave Shakhtar and move to the Spanish Championship, to Real Zaragoza. This was necessary in order to be in full view of the head coach of the Brazil national team "

“At that time, there was a lot of politics in the location of Selesao. A lot of players who came to the team, but did not deserve it. In my opinion, I could play at the World Cup for the national team of Brazil or Italy, "

Shakhtar Matuzalem played for Donetsk from 2004 to 2007. After moving from Brescia for 14 million euros, the football player three years later signed a contract with Real Zaragoza, having an existing agreement with the Pitmen. After that, the Donetsk club appealed to the arbitration court of Lausanne.

In 2009, a decision was made according to which Matuzal was obliged to pay compensation to Shakhtar in the amount of 11 858 934 euros plus 5% per annum for every 12 months.

After Real Zaragoza in the career of Matuzalem there were such clubs as Lazio, Genoa, Bologna, Verona. However, the midfielder did not receive a call to the national team of Brazil. In 2018, the player completed his professional career.

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