Leeds magician Raphina has gathered interest from clubs across Europe as the winger continued to set the premier league alight with his spectacular performances whilst also helping Jesse Marsch’s side out of a relegation drop scoring 11 and creating 3 assists. Barcelona were the leading club for the Brazilians signature as they had agreed personal terms with Raphina and were confident of completing the deal however due to financial issues the Spanish club are struggling to get the deal over the line with relegation survivors Leeds finsing it impossible to even consider any offers below £50m and Raphina no longer wants to wait around for Barcelona.
Arsenal have moved swiftly and have been in direct contact with Leeds and Raphina over a possible transfer to the Emirates. We understand a bid has been made but rejected however Reports in Brazil suggest that if things don’t change he will be an Arsenal player with the club pushing very hard for Raphina and that top level talks are ongoing at a fast pace and a promising relationship between Edu and Deco. We have it on good authority that yesterday members of Raphina’s entourage were at London Colney to discuss a possible move. The gunners are growing in confidence that they can get the deal done before pre season starts and their is hope that the signing of Fabio Vieira will help this transfer go through as both players share the same agent. The player’s priority has always been Barcelona but he is definitely open to a move to Mikel Arteta’s project.
Barcelona are totally out of the running unless something changes on their side very quickly and Chelsea and Tottenham could enter the race for the Brazilian. Arsenal far more advanced at the moment and want the deal wrapped up before any competition enters the race.
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