Rafinha Alcantara

[Androutsos]

For all the hype that Depay gets, Rafinha looked far, far better than him.

 

[serghei]

So, in midfield, Iniesta, Rafinha, Busquets, Rakitic, Arda Turan (from January), Mascherano, Sergi Roberto. Not bad.

 

[Bran the Greenseer]

And Rafinha isnt even a forward Or atleast he's not supposed to be, but Sergi Roberto is a RB now so who knows man.

 

[te amo barca]

Great match from Rafinha. Once again, he was the main foul-collector. Besides, our main creative outlet (that through-ball to Roberto in the beginning) and a quality volley.

 

[Neymessi]

The fact that he can play in midfield and forward provides a solid depth in both departments.

 

[anguy]

And Rafinha isnt even a forward Or atleast he's not supposed to be, but Sergi Roberto is a RB now so who knows man.

Rafinha IS a forward. This is his natural position, not CM.

 

[Bran the Greenseer]

Rafinha IS a forward. This is his natural position, not CM.

I'm going off of what Lucho said while he was at Celta. And aside from a couple games he's been played exclusively as a CM since he's been with the first team. And I don't really think he has a 'natural position' while he's on the RW he moves around just like Messi does moving to the middle and playing like a CAM or showing up on the complete other wing.

 

[magicomessi]

our best player last night

 

[EdmondDantes]

Woke up and promptly watched that volley again, what a goal.

Can people post Player V Club compilations here?
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Rafa's looked impressive yesterday.

 

[Drexl]

He'll give us a lot of joy this season, Lucho was right again when he said Rafinha has a bright future at Barca. Too bad he won't play together with Thiago.

 

[frog-fcb]

This board will probably bring thiago back for about 50 million next summer as he has barca dna

 

[EdmondDantes]

Not happening hehe, Thiago will probably follow Pepe wherever he goes, which is a shame as I always dreamt of having the two Alcantara brothers playing for us as starters.

 

[frog-fcb]

But you have to think of the message it will send to our youngsters if you leave us and suffer injuries etc we will bring you back for a hugely inflated price compared to what you left for

 

[Interlop]

But you have to think of the message it will send to our youngsters if you leave us and suffer injuries etc we will bring you back for a hugely inflated price compared to what you left for

I think we already established that when we bought Fabregas =D . Nonetheless, Thiago is a very good player, one of the best midfielders in the world when is fit.
I thought Rafinha was one of our best players against United, he showed passion and played very smart. Was a lot better than Depay, imho.

 

[ThwiX]

Just a shame we won't see him tonight. Always gets injured this guy, FFS.