Martens himself announced on Thursday that he would leave Barcelona. “After five wonderful years, I have decided to leave this fantastic club,” she wrote on social media. With her step, she follows Lionel Messi, who made the same transfer a year ago.
Martens is currently preparing for the European Championship with Orange. She already indicated that she wanted to make a decision for her future before the start of that tournament, which she has now more than succeeded.
The football star won the Champions League at Barcelona last year. Last season, the 133-time international of Orange took the national title and the Spanish Cup with the Catalan club. In 2017, after her starring role at the European Championships won by the Netherlands in her own country, both the European association UEFA and the global federation FIFA were named football player of the year.
