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Upon arriving, however, the player was met with an unexpected reality. The team that had once been filled with talent was rapidly being dismantled. Key players began to depart, creating a situation that would hamper both the team’s performance and the new arrivals' integration. The player likens the experience to being ill-prepared: they arrived for a mid-season start after taking time off, only to find out their teammates had been sold off to different clubs—Kéber to Werder Bremen, Liedson to Sporting, and others to various organizations, leaving the new arrivals to pick up the pieces.