After an agonizing final stretch of the season, Leeds, with a stoppage time goal, certified their victory at Brentford, and he made sure stay one more year in the Premier League, closing the course with a 3-point advantage over the Burnley, which has finally made the cut with the relegation places.
The person in charge of opening the can in this last meeting was Raphinha, one of the heroes of salvation for Leeds, and that of course has won the be in the magnifying glass of the greats of Europe facing this transfer market, and of course, declare himself as a strong candidate to complete Tite’s list Facing the Qatar World Cup.
Since a few weeks, Several rumors point to the interest of Fútbol Club Barcelona to take over the services of the Brazilian for the next campaign. With views to a possible exit of Dembélé of the team, Xavi Hernández would count on the still Leeds player to reinforce the azulgrana right wing.
Raphinha’s Promise
After the match against Brentford of the last day of the league, it was possible to see a somewhat unusual gesture made by Raphinha over the entire length of the Brentford Community Stadium: the brazilian he walked the field from end to end on his knees.
This event, it seems, It is a promise made by Leeds number 10 number, in case of saving the category in this grade. With the objective already accomplished, the attacker left this striking stamp that has gone around the world in the last few hours.
In addition to the representative gesture and the personal value that has given to this promise Raphinhathe truth is This act involves much more than it seems if we begin to understand the consequences of the event that has unleashed it.
The salvation complicates the operation to the Barça
The gesture of walking the field on your knees means that Leeds is still a Premier team, with what this entails economically. The English club is no longer alone may be reinforced for next year with a larger budget, but also will be able to continue paying the highest salaries of the workforce, what it does less necessary sale of a player like Raphinha.
With the forecast of a decrease to Championship, the player’s departure was valued at around 25 million euros, which made him an accessible player for the Barca. Now, with this new situation, Leeds could make the attacker’s transfer cost more expensive, thus complicating the operation with a club that carries economic problems.
The player’s agent is an old acquaintance of the Barça fans: Deco. The former Barça and Porto player would have specified a meeting with Leeds to define the future of the attacker, and so on start the negotiation process with a Barcelona that has a luxury broker to get the services of a huge potential player.
