The future of Barcelona right-back Douglas Pereira will not be with Cruzeiro.

Joaquim Piera

Despite the Catalan club reaching an agreement to sell 60 per cent of the defender’s rights to the Brazilian club for two million euros, Douglas does not want to return to his homeland.

In quotes to Fox Sports TV, the player’s agent, Marcos Casseb, revealed that he’s not thinking about accepting the offer from the club from Belo Horizonte.

Therefore, Casseb has confirmed what SPORT reported on Sunday when explaining that the 25-year-old was not ready to return to Brazil.

Despite featuring infrequently at Barça since his 2014 move, Douglas doesn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to get Spanish citizenship, which requires a three-year stay in the country.

He knows that once he has an EU passport many more doors will open for him in his sporting career.

His intention is to find a team in La Liga, because he needs to spend more time on the Mediterranean to begin the process of acquiring a double nationality.