Last update 3 April, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
Dmytro Chygrynskiy It was a real surprise signing for Barcelona. Also very expensive. In 2009, a nobel on the benches Pep Guardiola, opted for the signing of this Ukrainian center back who played in the Shakhtar Donetsk. Pep had noticed him in a match they had faced in the Champions League the previous season.. this circumstance, It caused that Barcelona decided to drop 25 million euros for defense passed over the Nou Camp.
Dmytro Chygrynskiy and his failed time at Barcelona
The Ukrainian, was signed at a player's price “Top” and on top of that he came to lead the defense of a team that had just won everything and that at that moment, played the best football in the world. His failure was heard. Juice 14 matches with the Barça jacket and was the last central defender that Guardiola himself threw for the Barcelona defense. And he had asked for it.
To make matters worse, above he could not play in the Champions League because he had already played in European competition this season with the Ukrainian team. So the investment seemed ruinous on the basis. Total sung even though the then Barcelona sporting director, Little Beguiristain. And for Guardiola himself.
Txiki himself even stated that it would end up being a cheap signing, something that obviously did not happen. Such was his performance after just one season was resold Shakhtar 15 millions, 10 less than they had paid for him a year before signing another business so dilapidated and making it clear to those who had bet on his move.
Signings that years later, Barça continues to pay with an economic situation that is inappropriate for a club of this magnitude and that was fueled by operations as ruinous as these. Among many other things.