The young Brazilian Raphinha completes his move to the Catalonian club.
Former Leeds United star Raphinha joins FC Barcelona for 58 million euros plus add-ons. The promising youngster has agreed to join the Spanish giants for five years. FC Barcelona can acquire the services of the talented talisman till the end of the 2027 season. Brazilian baller has come to the limelight of many clubs for many months.
Initially, there were rumors of him moving to the Merseyside club Liverpool. In recent days he was on the radar of FC Barcelona as well as two London clubs Chelsea and Arsenal were also interested in getting the signature of the star Brazilian.
Chelsea and Leeds United did even agree on the transfer of the young talented lad, but Raphinha wanted to play in Camp Nou. Brazilian was clear to his ‘agent’ Deco about his obsession with playing under ‘Xavi’. Rafinha personally agreed with FC Barcelona. But FC Barcelona and Leeds United were being stalemated. In the end, finally, now Raphinha can live his ultimate dream of playing for Barca.
The catalonian club is waiting for the Brazilian to complete his medicals. The announcement will be made following the completion of medicals.
The king of transfers Fabrizio Romano has also confirmed the signing of Raphinha to FC Barcelona.
Rafinha while playing for Leeds United contributed 17 goals and 12 assists in two seasons. He is considered to be a player with massive potential and FC Barcelona seems to be the next best step for his career. But it’s going to be interesting to see whether 25 years old Brazilian can adjust to a different style of play and a different country.
At the same time, Raphinha is going to find it hard to get into the starting 11 of the team. As Barcelona already has huge depth in their squad with the presence of Aubameyang, Adama Traore, Ferran Torres, and Memphis Depay as well as Ansu Fati has returned back from injury and Ousmane Dembele has also finally extended his contract by 2 years. Only time will tell whether this move is a success or not.
