Rafinha Alcantara

[DonAK]

Rafinha is not a scrub. He's just a crock, sadly.

 

[wisconsincule]

Just read on Twitter that Spurs are interested in him. Come on splash that premier league money!!

 

[FCBfan22]

Rafinha for Eriksen straight swap.

 

[Vilarrubi]

Rafinha for Eriksen straight swap.

Rafinha for Eriksen + Cash

 

[GOAT_SUAREZ]

Just read on Twitter that Spurs are interested in him. Come on splash that premier league money!!

40 million please

 

[Pepe Silvia]

He is our new midfield signing.

^This

 

[BarçaBarça]

Why? At least his market value has improved by playing regularly for Inter instead of sitting on our bench.

Because the media (apparantly falsely) reported that the obligatory option to buy him was tricked if they entered CL.
They did enter CL, but they won't pay the full amount, and therefore this is a case of Barca making fine arrangements, but getting screwed, maybe because they trusted their words too much?? It seems naive to give them a buyout which is completely voluntary, when the mission was to get him sold in the first place. We just have such a horrible reputation as soft-negotiators among other clubs that they won't pay close to reasonable prices for our players, but always seeks to screw us.

 

[Barcaman]

Maybe keep him as a backup?

Ah, who am I kidding. He will, sadly, probably get injured again.

 

[Saladin]

http://dailycannon.com/2018/06/arsenal-make-offer-for-rafinha-amid-west-ham-and-spurs-interest/

Nonetheless, it looks like he’ll leave Barcelona this summer anyway, with Sport reporting he could even be sold ‘this week’

 

[Barcaman]

Why do they have to wait for World Cup to end?

 

[raki]

Why do they have to wait for World Cup to end?

That´s when the tranfer market will start to buzz

 

[GOAT_SUAREZ]

He will be sold to the EPL.

 

[FCBfan22]

Apparently we are thinking of keeping him.

 

[BBZ8800]

As I have said, I don't believe that anyone will buy Gomes, Rafinha and Denis.
No sane club will offer more than 15M for Gomes, which we won't accept.
No sane club will offer more than 10M for Denis in 2018. Plus, none stronger club would need a player like him.
Rafinha, he could be sold to some midtable team for 15M. But those clubs don't have transfer money and wages for him.

If we'll sell either one of those 3 this summer for even a semidecent price, that will be a miracle.

** Not because the board "is stupid" as people like to say.
But because these players aren't good enough for top teams, yet smaller teams can't afford them, plus players want high wages similar to their Barca's wages.
So, it's not gonna happen, unless if we sell them for peanuts and THEN a small club can afford big wages.

For example, a small team can't pay:
15m fee for Rafinha and 4M wages (let's say). Those 4M means 4+4=8 after taxes.
So, a team needs to pay 15M to Barca and 8M yearly for Rafinha's wages.
That is 15+8+8+8+8=47M investment over 4 years.
That won't happen.

If Barca lowers a price to 5M, then a small team will be able to give high wages to Rafinha.
If Barca is asking for 15-20M transfer fee, then a small club could afford only 1-2M wages for Rafinha, which again a player won't accept.
That is:
-- small transfer fee & high wages:
5M+8+8+8+8=37M investment.
Or:
-- high transfer fee & small wages:
15+4+4+4+4=31M investment.

So, either Barca needs to sell a player way below his worth, or a player needs to take a huge drop in wages, which won't happen.

 

[Joan]

Who would you rather keep, Denis or Rafinha?