The announcement of Rafinha: a strategy of pressure to the Inter

The FC Barcelona will contest this Wednesday 17 January, from the 21:00 hours, the party of gone of the eighth of final of the Glass of the King 2017-18 against the RCD Espanyol in the stadium of Cornellà-The Prat. Ernesto Valverde gave to know his list of summoned for the party and surprised with one of the names.

This is not another that the one of Rafinha Alcántara. The Brazilian midfield player is one of the players that is sounding with more strength to abandon the team during the present market of signings of winter. However, the Txingurri has decided to summon him for a key crash, as it is the derbi of quarter-finals of the tournament of the KO.

According to the informations published this same Tuesday by the digital edition of the newspaper Sport, the decision of Ernesto Valverde to summon to Rafinha could treat of a strategy of market of the FC Barcelona so that the Inter of Milan go up his offer, that is of hardly 25 millions, very far of the 40 in that the Barça has priced him.

The announcement of Rafinha lanzría a clear message to the market of signings. "Rafinha Is an important player and the Barça will not sell unless it receive an offer in accordance with the value of the player", seems to say the club with the incursion of the Brazilian midfield player in the announcement for the derbi copero.

Far pretences

The FC Barcelona still is far to accept the pertinent proposals of the team neroazzurro. The Italians would have made an offer of 25 million euros, a part of them in concept of variables. The FC Barcelona asks practically the double, by what the pact is far to close and, if the Inter does not improve his offer, the 'case Rafinha' goes for serial.