Wednesday, July 13, 2022 – 11:45 PM
Barcelona, 13th July, WAM/ The Spanish football club Barcelona announced today that it has reached a preliminary agreement to sign the Brazilian Rafael Diaz Piloli “Rafinha”, the Leeds United midfielder, provided that he passes the necessary medical examinations.
Barcelona explained that Rafinha, “25 years old”, is a player who is distinguished by the ability to pass difficult individual confrontations with the opposing team’s players. He pointed out that the player began his career with European professionalism through the Portuguese Vitoria Guimaraes, who moved to him for 6.5 million euros to shine with him before moving to French Rennes for 21 million euros, becoming the second most expensive player in the history of the French club.
And Barcelona stated on its website that Rafinha’s brilliance with Rennes caught the attention of Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa, the coach of Leeds United, to include him in the team, to play 30 games with him during his first season, scoring 6 goals and making 9 goals, then scoring 11 goals and making 3 in his second season with Leeds, to contribute to the Saving the team from relegation to the English Premier League.
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