The longing ended with the ‘groguet’ stage of Brais

Brais Méndez Portela He is considered the great jewel of Celta’s quarry, the paradigmatic example of a footballer who goes through all his lower categories and that’s how he is, although he was not incorporated from the beginning. Perhaps few remember, and that is why it is now a bit ‘random’, the two-year stage that Mos spent at Villarreal just after his adolescence.

The new realistic signing stood out from a very young age in the Vigo team of Santa Mariña, where his father Pupi, ex-soccer player, was manager. He did magic with the ball and that is why Celta, Depor, Real Madrid and Villareal wanted to cast their pelagic nets on him. His parents opted for the ‘yellow submarine’, for its facilities and for the management of the boy’s education. The experience of Jonathan Pereirawho was also hunted by Villarreal del Santa Mariña, was an inspiration.

Brais He wore yellow for two seasons, from the ages of 13 to 15, but in the end he was homesick. On the way back, already in cadet age, he joined Celta and from there he went through all the teams in the lower categories without skipping a single step until he reached the first team under the guidance of Juan Carlos Unzué.

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