{"id":17726,"date":"2026-05-06T08:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/17726\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:02:07","slug":"barcelona-captain-not-for-sale-despite-disappointing-and-inconsistent-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/17726\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona captain not for sale despite disappointing and inconsistent season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite enduring one of the most frustrating campaigns of his time in Spain, La Vanguardia<\/a> reports that Barcelona have no intention of parting ways with Raphinha this summer.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian winger has experienced a difficult 2025\/26 season filled with injuries and inconsistency, but internally, the club\u2019s position remains completely unchanged.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Barcelona still see Raphinha as a vital part of the project being built under Hansi Flick, and the message coming from the club\u2019s leadership is that the player is not on the market.<\/p>\n

Raphinha\u2019s latest setback arrived back in March while on international duty with Brazil, marking his third injury of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those recurring physical problems have severely disrupted his rhythm<\/a> throughout the campaign and prevented him from building the same momentum he enjoyed last year.<\/p>\n

To put it in perspective, after producing the best season of his Barcelona career in 2024\/25 with 34 goals across all competitions, Raphinha has managed 19 goals this season.<\/p>\n

Although it is still a respectable return, it is a noticeable drop compared to the standards he had set previously.<\/p>\n

So what now?<\/p>\n

Raphinha\u2019s availability has also been a major issue for Flick, with the Brazilian having already missed 19 matches this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Raphinha,Raphinha is not for sale. (Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Even in some matches where he was available, Barcelona handled him carefully to avoid aggravating his condition further, like the one against Osasuna.<\/p>\n

Despite the setbacks, Raphinha\u2019s importance within the dressing room has remained untouched.<\/p>\n

The winger is viewed as one of the squad\u2019s leaders, particularly because of the influence he has over Barcelona\u2019s younger players.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That is why the club has no interest in weakening the attack by allowing him to leave.<\/p>\n

The Saudi interest<\/p>\n

Barcelona are aware that interest from abroad will continue, particularly from Saudi Arabia<\/a>, where Raphinha already received lucrative approaches last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even so, neither the player nor the club are considering a separation at this stage. The Brazilian recently extended his contract until 2028, reinforcing the belief that both sides remain fully committed to each other.<\/p>\n

At the moment, only one scenario could change Barcelona\u2019s plans \u2013 if Raphinha himself asked to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But according to the report, that possibility is not being discussed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite enduring one of the most frustrating campaigns of his time in Spain, La Vanguardia reports that Barcelona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,223,94],"class_list":{"0":"post-17726","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\/17726","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=17726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}