More competition: Liverpool wants to 'steal' Raphinha from Barça

Jürgen Klopp has requested to the directive of the Liverpool incorporate a forward in summer. Tonte the possible course of Sadio Mané and the refusal of Mohamed Salah to renew, the German technician has put the eyes in one of the aims of the FC Barcelona for this market of passes: Raphinha. The forward comes to convert 11 goals and 3 assistances in 35 parties of the Premier League and his characteristics adapt to the diagram 'network'.

For the Liverpool, the course of Mané will weaken notably his offensive production, considering the low moment so that it crosses Roberto Firmino and the intermittence of players like Diogo Jota, Takumi Minamino and Divock Origi. In fact, the hero of the Champions League 2018-19 has all pactado to go to the AC Milan, after three seasons in where it played very little.

However, the main inconvenient so that the ones of Anfield fichen to Raphinha is the price of the Brazilian. To the equal that the Barça, the Liverpool considers excessive the 65 million euros that the Leeds asks by Raphinha and would try abaratar his cost including to a player in the operation, which could be Minamino. The same pose the culés with players like Óscar Mingueza to try convince to the directive of Elland Road.

The less than will accept the team of Yorkshire will be 55 'kilos', 10 millions above the current value of the player of 25 years in Transfermarkt (45 'kilos'). For the 'reds', the money would not be problem considering the 80 millions that could leave in box the traspaso of Mané, but to the ones of Klopp no distinguishes them for concretising traspasos too high. In the case of the Barça, the financial situation of the club prevents him bid by an upper price to the 40 million euros, by which is in clear disadvantage.

Raphinha Will expect by the Barça

The dream of the forward is to play in Barcelona and emulate to his idol, Ronaldinho Gaúcho. In this sense, Deco has done the work and, as his representative, has convinced him to expect by the group directed by Xavi Hernández, since the technician endorses his arrival and, with the imminent exit of Ousmane Dembélé, his possibilities to win the titularity are high. Nevertheless, from the economic still there is a wide stretch for visiting.

Thus, Mateu Alemany will travel to Leeds this week with the aim to restart some negotiations that cooled in the last weeks. In addition to the financial complexity of the club, the permanence of the whites in the maximum category of the English football threw to the fret the plans culés to activate the clause of purchase by 25 'kilos' that would activate if the Leeds descended. Now, Alemany has to redirect his strategy and compete with clubs like the Liverpool to finish of 'tie' to Raphinha. The week will be intense in Elland Road.