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Real interest in Raphinha: Barça would have already spoken with his agent

Published New:15/03/2022 - 01:38h

Updated New:15/03/2022 - 01:44h

FC Barcelona continues to sound out strikers for next season and, according to journalist Fabrizio Romano, the club's board has already contacted Raphinha's agent, who will probably leave Leed United in the summer

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Raphael Dias Belloli, more known like Raphinha, has been the best player of the Leeds United in what it goes of the season. The 'White' struggle by the permanence in the Premier League and the Sunday attained a key victory home in front of the Norwich (2-1). However, further that the now directed group by the American Jesse Marsch attain to remain in the maximum category of the English football, is almost sure that the Brazilian forward will leave in summer.

The '10' of the Leeds adds 9 goals and 3 assistances in 28 apparitions in the 2021-22. Valued in 40 million euros in the web Transfermarkt, the player of 25 years has agreement with the English group until June of 2024 and a clause of rescission of 70 'kilos', although this depends on an extension of agreement that up to now has not produced and hardly will concretise , since the intentions of the Brazilian go through dal the jump to a more competitive club.

In this sense, the Barça has advanced contacts with his agent, the one who casually is a man of the house: Deco. The ex midfield player blaugrana, the one who now works as 'cazatalentos' of the club in Sudamérica, has his own agency of sportive representation, 'D20', with which signed agreement with Raphinha. This would facilitate the negotiations with the playedr, but would be missing the most complicated part: the directive of Elland Road. However, it is important to clear that the option of Raphinah, for the moment, is an alternative option of face to the summer.

And it is that the priority culé for the next market is fichar a '9' born, since of the wintry reinforcements any is centrodelantero classical. Ferran Torres and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang can surrender there, but the aim of Xavi Hernández keeps on being to incorporate a referent of area for the 2022-23. However, everything will depend on how attain the managerial to resolve the financial problems of the club, mainly in the related with the limit salarial. In this moment, the club has a LCP of less 144 million euros, the worst of all the clubs of First and Second division in Spain.

Liverpool And Chelsea also ask after Raphinha

According to rumours of the English press, the future of Raphinha could be in England. Chelsea and Liverpool already have asked after the Brazilian, although the 'reds' are those that have better options, since the recent sanctions to the group 'blue' prevents them fichar and sell players in the next market. In the case of the group directed by Jürgen Klopp, the option of fichar a '9' is on the table, since neither Roberto Firmino neither Diogo Jota have guaranteeed his titularity in this moment.