As of today, Barcelona can only register 16 players in La Liga. It is a problem of wage bills that requires the departure of many players.
But no one wants to leave Barcelona. Sergi Roberto said this morning in his farewell: “You cannot leave Barcelona, they have to fire you.”
Barcelona tried to put Araujo, Frenkie de Jong, Lewandowski, and Gundogan on the market, but no one wants to leave. Everyone is clinging to staying with Barca.
According to information received from the Sport newspaper, which revealed that Barcelona also tried with Rafinha, who received an offer from Saudi Arabia for 60 million, but he did not want to leave either.
However, things could change radically as Laporta now has another, more important offer on the table for Rafinha.
The newspaper added that Manchester United, with Varane’s departure, hopes to put Anthony and Jadon Sancho on the market and set its sights on Rafinha, who left an excellent mark in the English Premier League, in the ranks of Leeds. United is looking forward to strengthening its attack with Rafinha so that it can form a devastating duo alongside Rashford.
Rafinha expressed to the club his desire to remain in Barcelona. But his relationship with Deco is excellent (he was the agent who brought him to Barcelona) and he can cooperate with him by making things easier for him at work.
Deco has already told Rafinha that Barcelona’s two wingers will be Lamine Yamal and Dani Olmo, and that he will remain as a substitute player. This fact, combined with interest from Manchester United, may make him change his mind.
Manchester United is willing to pay 80 million euros for Rafinha and this is an amount that would solve a large part of Barcelona’s problems, which are doomed to suffer until the construction of the new Camp Nou is completed and money flows to the club normally.