{"id":16756,"date":"2026-05-04T14:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/16756\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:12:21","slug":"barcelona-captain-not-considering-an-exit-despite-strong-saudi-arabia-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/16756\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona captain not considering an exit despite strong Saudi Arabia interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-superstar-voices-uncertainty-over-future-in-honest-talks-with-club-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reports of Raphinha\u2019s uncertain future at FC Barcelona<\/a> last week came as a massive surprise, especially given how valued the Brazilian is not only by the manager but also the fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>The winger, however, was reflecting on the difficult season he has had, the constant battle with injuries and also how his absence directly affected the club \u2013 all leading to him conveying to the board that he is in a difficult spot mentally.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, the tide seems to have passed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/barcelona\/2026\/05\/04\/raphinha-quiere-moverse-barca.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MARCA<\/a> brings to light that Raphinha is not considering a departure.<\/p>\n<p>Here to stay<\/p>\n<p>Amid rumours of the Brazilian considering leaving the club <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/saudi-clubs-ready-to-pay-e90m-for-barcelona-captain-with-e30m-salary-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">with interest from Saudi Arabia<\/a>, he is no longer entertaining that possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona, for their part, were always certain that Raphinha would not leave, and he has indeed decided that he is here to stay.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/atletico-de-madrid-v-fc-barcelona-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-quarter-final-second-leg-1-3-1024x70.jpeg\" alt=\"Raphinha of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-197847\"  \/>Not considering an exit. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>As relayed by the Spanish outlet, Raphinha is well aware of the multi-million euro offers for him from clubs across the globe, but he is turning a deaf ear to them all.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian star feels valued by the manager, his teammates and the fans at Barcelonaand his desire to continue at the club, as evidenced by his renewal last season, has not changed.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that Barcelona have missed the best version of Raphinha this season, especially with the player facing a difficult battle with injuries. <\/p>\n<p>Come next season, Hansi Flick will look to plan prophylactically to ensure the star player is fit and more consistent than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Raphinha returned to the squad for Barcelona\u2019s recent game against Osasuna but did not come off the bench. It remains to be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-superstar-forward-likely-to-come-on-in-second-half-vs-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">if he plays a part<\/a> in El Clasico next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports of Raphinha\u2019s uncertain future at FC Barcelona last week came as a massive surprise, especially given how&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,223,94],"class_list":{"0":"post-16756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-fc-barcelona","11":"tag-raphinha"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}