Rafinha Alcantara

[Blaugrana Bull]

We need to keep this guy. One of the few bench players who is reliable and has proven that he can also help as a starter. Rafa also showed he is able to score important goals.
Why create another problem when there are plenty of others to solve?

 

[xXKonan]

Says he will likely seek a move because he wants to make Brazil's WC squad and he's looking at options in England and Brazil (Flamingo?)

 

[God Serena]

We need to keep this guy. One of the few bench players who is reliable and has proven that he can also help as a starter. Rafa also showed he is able to score important goals.
Why create another problem when there are plenty of others to solve?

If he leaves it'll be because he wants to.

 

[JamDav1982]

We need to keep this guy. One of the few bench players who is reliable and has proven that he can also help as a starter. Rafa also showed he is able to score important goals.
Why create another problem when there are plenty of others to solve?

Rafinha is nothing special and if offers come in they have to be looked at. Rather give opportunities to Alena and Roberto in midfield.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Rafinha is nothing special and if offers come in they have to be looked at. Rather give opportunities to Alena and Roberto in midfield.

Rafinha can play as winger & RWB too. Alena is still too young to get promoted and probably should see a season between Barca B and 1st team.
I would keep Rafinha and sell Denis tbh,if we get a good offer it should be looked for obviously,but he shouldn't be shopped by any mean

 

[CuleLife4Life]

No way he makes Brazil's squad for the World Cup. He is just not good enough and the only reason why he has a few senior caps is because of Dunga who played with his dad.

But then again we have guys like Guliano on the squad so maybe he has a shot.

 

[JamDav1982]

Rafinha can play as winger & RWB too. Alena is still too young to get promoted and probably should see a season between Barca B and 1st team.
I would keep Rafinha and sell Denis tbh,if we get a good offer it should be looked for obviously,but he shouldn't be shopped by any mean

Rafinha cant play as a RWB about only reason to keep him would be as back up RW where even then he is nothing great.

Would guess more options in wide areas is something they want to address so wont need him for that either in that case.

Alena getting minutes ahead of Rafinha in midfield next season from B team or not still one less body in the way of a player that has proved in past few seasons not quite good enough.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Rafinha cant play as a RWB about only reason to keep him would be as back up RW where even then he is nothing great.

Would guess more options in wide areas is something they want to address so wont need him for that either in that case.

Alena getting minutes ahead of Rafinha in midfield next season from B team or not still one less body in the way of a player that has proved in past few seasons not quite good enough.

Rafinha was our starting RWB in 3-4-3
tbh I want us to retain most of our players and be patience with many of our players unless they are dead weight (Arda,Mathieu,Gomes)
RM has been patient with many of their players and it lead to this enormous depth they have, on the other hand having 6 new bench players did us a lot of bad in the 1st half of the season (we kost 16 points in 1st 17 weeks and 8 in the 19 games afterwards IIRC) and big part of it is our bench
Rafinha is currently one of our best bench players, I don't see a reason for selling him to open place for anyone. If Alena is good let him force himself into the squad by being too good to ignore.

 

[JamDav1982]

Rafinha was our starting RWB in 3-4-3
tbh I want us to retain most of our players and be patience with many of our players unless they are dead weight (Arda,Mathieu,Gomes)
RM has been patient with many of their players and it lead to this enormous depth they have, on the other hand having 6 new bench players did us a lot of bad in the 1st half of the season (we kost 16 points in 1st 17 weeks and 8 in the 19 games afterwards IIRC) and big part of it is our bench
Rafinha is currently one of our best bench players, I don't see a reason for selling him to open place for anyone. If Alena is good let him force himself into the squad by being too good to ignore.

Rafinha was more often the RW in that formation as far as I can remember and even then the way Lucho played it was far too attacking and he did not play the wide players as wing backs.

Being a decent bench player just now in this team that has no world class midfielders or any decent RW bar Messi is hardly glowing praise. It shows how poor the situation is and if new midlfielders are bought then there will be better depth on bench anyway if likes of Roberto or Iniesta/Rakitic are there.

It is not about being patient. He has been in the team three years and looks a good bit worse than the midfielders there that themselves need to be better.

The situation isnt comparible to any of the players at Real this season.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Rafinha was more often the RW in that formation as far as I can remember and even then the way Lucho played it was far too attacking and he did not play the wide players as wing backs.

Being a decent bench player just now in this team that has no world class midfielders or any decent RW bar Messi is hardly glowing praise. It shows how poor the situation is and if new midlfielders are bought then there will be better depth on bench anyway if likes of Roberto or Iniesta/Rakitic are there.

It is not about being patient. He has been in the team three years and looks a good bit worse than the midfielders there that themselves need to be better.

The situation isnt comparible to any of the players at Real this season.

I guess we have a different opinion on the player then,I see a very good bench player who is just 24 .People were writing him off last season and yet he has improved this year,versatile too and probably our 2nd best goal scorer of the bench after Paco. I don't see a reason to cut ties with him.S.Roberto will still get his minutes specially as back up for Busquets along RB & CM. Rafinha would get his minutes on wings and more as AM when needed or in 3-4-3 situations too. I don't feel they will be really competing with each other minutes in anyway.
In current situation I would sell Denis b4 him,he will be back up with Paco,Deulofeu (who seem coming back anyway according to Fernandez words regardless our opinion) for MSN (or new signing and SN)
Midfield bench will be Roberto,Iniesta and Rakitic/Gomes

 

[xXKonan]

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Looks like Rafinha, is going to the EPL.

 

[Richard.H]

If true, then terrible move for him. EPL relies a lot on physicality. He may get injured a lot more there.

 

[Barcaman]

We are paying 30-40 million for junk like Arda or Gomes and are dropping La Masia kid who is a superior player.

Great message to kids in Juvenils and B team

 

[DonAK]

We are paying 30-40 million for junk like Arda or Gomes and are dropping La Masia kid who is a superior player.

Great message to kids in Juvenils and B team

Sell Gomes too.

 

[Albo]

We should sell Denis instead of Rafinha.