How Martin Braithwaite made it to FC Barcelona

How Martin Braithwaite made it to FC Barcelona

The story of Martin Braithwaite and his move to Barcelona, is the fascinating story of a man who believed in himself the way nobody else did. You see, Braithwaite broke through as a striker in Denmark, playing for Esbjerg. He transferred to Toulouse in France, where he had some good years. Braithwaite then made a move to Middlesbrough, to play in the Championship in England. But after just half a season in England, Braithwaite left Middlesbrough to go back to France, on loan to Bordeaux.


Braithwaite was 26 years old and a substitute player at Bordeaux, a mid-table team in France, when he started to record a diary. He had a specific reason to do so. Braithwaite believes in the law of attraction. Meaning that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person's life. Braithwaite believes that if you set goals, and constantly visualize how to get there, you can realize these goals. He wanted to have proof, so if one day he would play for a top team in Europe, he could show that he believed in that possibility even when his career as a professional footballer was struggling at Bordeaux.


It’s crazy to listen to those recordings, now we know that Braithwaite would make it to FC Barcelona years later. So let’s go back in time and listen to the first clip Braithwaite recorded, sitting at home in his apartment in Bordeaux.


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Mario Götze's unexpected journey to PSV

Mario Götze's unexpected journey to PSV

This story starts in a small cafeteria in the Netherlands on October 6th. The final day of the extended summer transfer window of 2020. On that day Chris Rooijakkers is preparing snacks in his cafeteria, two blocks away from the PSV stadium in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Chris has short grey hair and has been preparing snacks for decades. It’s dinner time on October 6th, so Chris is quietly frying some fries. When he looks up for a moment, he sees a massive Mercedes SUV parked in the street in front of his cafeteria. Chris is a fanatic PSV Eindhoven fan, so he decides to walk past the car to take a look. You never know, maybe a new PSV player is inside. Chris sees some men sitting inside the car, but he doesn’t get a clear view. So he asks his thirteen year old daughter Lyndi if she can sneak up to the car and take some pictures. She is nervous, but decides to give it a go. She walks past the car as well, but doesn’t get a clear picture. She decides to give it another try, this time riding her bicycle. When she returns to the cafeteria, she shows her father the pictures she has taken. They can see a person sitting shotgun in the car. They zoom in on his face and can’t believe what they see. Could it be that the man who decided the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil was about to sign for their favourite football team?This episode of our podcast is about the day Mario Götze shocked the world, by signing a two year deal at PSV Eindhoven as a free agent. Götze could have signed for several top clubs in Italy. Bayern Munich was even trying to get him to come back. And he had some lucrative offers from countries like the United States. But Götze decided to sign for PSV in The Netherlands. We spoke to the PSV fans who first found out this was happening, and Mario Götze himself, to find out how and why he signed for PSV Eindhoven. Host: Sam van Raalte.- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

31 Aug 202133min

Welcome to The Home of Football

Welcome to The Home of Football

Welcome to The Home of Football, a new podcast by 433. In this podcast host Sam van Raalte tells you timeless stories from the modern world of football. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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