Braithwaite on his move to Barcelona: My wife was wondering if I had a mistress

Tried to keep deal under wraps

Posted Friday, June 12, 2020 by Marca.com

Many people were surprised when Martin Braithwaite joined Barcelona as an emergency signing in February, and the Dane even tried to keep it a secret until it was a certainty.

Braithwaite, then of Leganes, wanted to wait before telling his wife, but he explains that she began to think he was being unfaithful.

"I didn't tell anyone," Braithwaite told The Daily Mail about his move to Barcelona.

"I felt that if my wife was not the first person I told, it would be sort of a lack of respect because we share a life together.

"But I know my wife felt something was going on, because I was having to take a lot of phone calls, sneaking out of the house, and it was freezing outside.

"She was wondering ... she was almost asking if I had a mistress or something.

"The day I was going to tell her, everything broke out in the media and I was thinking, 'oh, s***.'

"I had to sit her down that night and say, 'I have to tell you something.'

"She just said, 'I know what you're going to say.'

"Her phone had been as busy as mine.

"I was disappointed that I couldn't get that shock reaction from her, but she was really happy."