Former Inter right Back, Jonathan, now of Fluminense reflected on his time with the club with Globoesporte.com:

“I had an injury during the summer training, my problems started in that moment. I played with pain for 3 months ’cause doctors told me I had nothing serious and I could play. I trusted them but day by day my physical condition worsened until I could no longer play. I felt pain even going upstairs. My injury was in July 2014 and my surgery only in February 2015. If I did it before, I would have recovered more quickly. Trusting the doctors, I delayed my surgery. It was a very difficult time for me, a lot of people were convinced that I had nothing. I was also expiring with Inter and I knew that a surgery would reduce my chances of renewal. But this is football. Maybe God had something better for me. But I am shocked by the way I was treated: my rehabilitation was fully in Serbia, alone, away from family with my wife pregnant, because I had lost all confidence in Inter doctors. Theirs was a very serious negligence, even if I do not like to judge people. You just can not operate after six to seven months from injury. I have no problem with the club, only with the medical staff. Because of this has blurred my intention to stay at Inter, they wanted to keep me. There was talk of my renewal, they also went to my agent, but then decided to wait for my return to the field, which did not happen. At the end my former agent was able to obtain for me the green light to train in Partizan Belgrade structures. Inter paid the surgery, I paid rehabilitation. I received offers from Italy, Genoa, Atalanta and Torino wanted me to join them. But with my wife I decided to come back to Brazil for our soon to be born and becouse offers were not from big european clubs. Now at fluminense I play for a high level team and I can dream Seleçao”.

Furthermore, Jonathan also recalled that hypothesis to see him with the shirt of Italy to the 2014 World Cup:

“It’s true, there was a survey of the Italian national team. Through the staff of Inter they wanted to be informed of my position. I have an Italian passport, but this was not enough. it served other documents that now I could not mention. The press in Italy suggested this solution by the time I was going through but I knew it would have been difficult to go to the World because there was a month, and I had not received the summons or from Brazil or from Italy. it was something improbable, but the survey there was. ”

But Jonathan still dreams the uniform of the national team? “Yes, I have this desire and dream of playing at the highest level. I know to play with Brazil or Italy is very difficult, but the hope never dies. The World Cup will be in 2018, I’ll have 32 years . If God wills it, I will play for that long at a high level. ”

Source: FCInterNews.it