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Despite the hardships and the delicate economic situation, money is not prioritized depending on what issues. Barcelona received a €70 million offer from Arsenal this winter for the Brazilian Raphinha.
The signing of the Brazilian international cost 58 million fixed euros and almost 7 in variables, but a fifth would have been amortized. Come on, financially it was a good business and the club said no.
Raphinha is a value for the future and one that the coaching staff also trusts . Discarded its sale. This season, the Brazilian winger has played 32 games for Barça, with seven goals and nine assists.
Raphinha’s trajectory to the football elite has been long and worked. He was formed in the youth ranks of the Brazilian Avaí FC until he made his debut with his first team at the age of 19. A short time later, he signed for Vitória Guimaraes of the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Two years later, in the 2018/19 season, he signed for the also Portuguese Sporting Club in exchange for 6.5 million.
In the summer of 2019, one season later, Raphinha went to Rennes , who paid 21 million for him, and Leeds United took over his services in the summer of 2020, for 18.6 million euros. A trajectory in continuous ascent and carved step by step, with tenacity.
At Barça, and specifically their coach Xavi, they have convinced both their technical skills and their capacity for defensive sacrifice and their tactical discipline. Some qualities that over time should allow him to consolidate himself in the squad and in the eleven. So Raphinha is not for sale.
