His duo with Lamine Yamal terrorizes almost all of Europe. Since the start of the season, Raphinha has been walking on the water with FC Barcelona. The Brazilian winger displays fairly crazy statistics with the Catalan club since he has already scored 28 goals and delivered 22 assists in 46 games. What make it a potential candidate in the Ballon d'Or this year. For Barça, if Hansi Flick is obviously more than satisfied with his contribution, we must think of the future and we must therefore already discuss a possible extension.
Under contract until 2027 with Barça, the 28 -year -old winger had been open to the idea of extending his adventure with the Blaugranas. In this sense, negotiations had started and the Catalan press seemed optimistic about this. But obviously, things are starting to change little by little. According to information from Catalunya radiodiscussions between the player and Barça are at total stop in recent weeks due to the wage requirements of the player deemed disproportionate.
Barça requires at least 80 million
The current Liga leader, who has been struggling for several years to find healthy finances, does not want to make follies and does not want to redo the same mistakes as in the past where the club had proposed XXL salaries to his stars. Which had sealed finance over several years. Local radio explains that the sports director Deco would now be open to the idea of selling it in Arsenal or Chelsea, the two most interested clubs in recent months.
Barça would like to recover in this transaction between 80 and 90 million euros. But the training of Hansi Flick hopes to find a solution to keep one of his strong men offensively. The Catalan club would have, according to Catalunya radioproposed an increase in his salary and the possibility that the termination clause be “activated” from 2026, after the World Cup in the United States. This would allow the player to study other offers thereafter and at Barça to find their way financially. Business to follow …
