Yahoo News Carlos Miguel blasts critics with 'shut up' comment after Nottingham Forest transfer
New signing Carlos Miguel is determined to “shut up” some of his critics after completing his move to Nottingham Forest.
The goalkeeper became the Reds’ fourth new addition of the summer when he joined from Corinthians earlier this week. He put pen to paper on a four-year deal after a £3.4 million release clause in his contract was triggered.
The Brazilian says he would have stayed with his former club if fresh terms had been offered. And he has refuted any suggestion there is a financial incentive behind his switch to English football.
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“No (no one called to renew). To sit in the room, I think it was about two or three weeks ago,” he said in an interview with the Benja Me Mucho YouTube channel (via Globo). “It was the day before the game against Sao Paulo. No one will take away my joy of playing, never in my life. The whole world could be against me.
“I'm not going there (to Forest) to make a ton of money like everyone else is saying. If they want to talk, they can talk.
“But that's what I said: I'm going to shut up everyone who goes there to talk. Yes, I would have renewed it (his contract). When the contract favours the club, then it's fine. But when it favours the players, they don't like it.”
Miguel came recommended to Forest by countryman Murillo. The pair played together at Corinthians and have now been reunited at the City Ground.
“The first information came from Murillo,” Miguel told Forest’s official website after signing. "I asked him about the club and also the city. I asked how the club works as it's so important to know everything beforehand. He said great things and was exuberant about this club, which made me really happy.
"It was important, really important. Coming genuinely from a friend who moved here from Brazil on his own for a new challenge the way he did. He only had good things to say, I trust him and believe this is the place for me.”
