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Recruited for 25 million euros from Lille in the summer of 2019, Thiago Mendes (28 years old, 7 games in L1 this season) experienced a chaotic first exercise with Olympique Lyonnais before showing a much more convincing face at the start of the season. The Brazilian explains that he suffered from the amount of his transfer and the pressure exerted by some of the supporters after the revelations about his supposed night outings.
“I heard Thiago Mendes here, Thiago Mendes there … It was really heavy, too much was expected of me, there was a lot of pressure regarding my arrival. It was a very big transfer and I was I am put to feel all this waiting as a huge burden, told the former Lille in the columns of L’Equipe. And then I also felt a lot of pressure from some supporters … (…) Things were Say, like I went to a nightclub, or drank alcohol. Wrong things. People talked about me a lot and it was heavy to bear. “
Now released, the South American has the qualities to win in the Rhône.
