{"id":41565,"date":"2026-06-16T16:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/41565\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:44:29","slug":"fc-barcelona-ace-raphinha-makes-al-hilal-transfer-talks-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/41565\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona Ace Raphinha Makes Al-Hilal Transfer Talks Request"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FC Barcelona winger Raphinha will open potential transfer talks with Al-Hilal after the World Cup according to Mundo Deportivo and Globoesporte, who cited anonymous sources.<\/p>\n

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FC Barcelona winger Raphinha<\/a> will open potential transfer talks with Al-Hilal after the World Cup according to Mundo Deportivo<\/a> and Globoesporte<\/a>, who cited anonymous sources.<\/p>\n

The Catalan paper has explained how both Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr are prepared to quadruple the Brazilian\u2019s current salary.<\/p>\n

As per Spanish transfer site Fichajes<\/a>, that\u2019s $19.4 million (\u20ac16,68 million) a season on a deal that expires two years and a fornight from now on June 30, 2028.<\/p>\n

Out of the two Saudi Pro League giants, though, Al-Hilal, which owns Joao Cancelo, is going after Raphinha the hardest.<\/p>\n

Globoesporte says that the club which Neymar<\/a> also passed through wants to unsettle Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s Al-Nassr by returning to the top of the domestic game. <\/p>\n

In order to lure the 29-year-old, it will offer Raphinha an astounding $197.5 million (\u20ac170 million) on a two-year deal. <\/p>\n

FC Barcelona legend Raphinha will listen to Al-Hilal after the World Cup<\/p>\n

The Brazilian outlet adds that Raphinha is already aware of this lifechanging proposal.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s asked Al-Hilal\u2019s top brass to talk about it after the World Cup, however, in news that might be a worry to Culers.<\/p>\n

Following Brazil\u2019s opening Group C draw with Morocco on Saturday at the MetLife Stadium, Raphinha has come under insense scrutiny from his compatriots.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a general feeling that while his exploits in the Spotify Camp Nou have made him a Ballon d\u2019Or contender, Raphinha is still yet to deliver in the yellow and green jersey of the five-time world champions.<\/p>\n

Starting negotiations with Al-Hilal alreday would add further disruption, as Raphinha and Brazil look to put the 1-1 Morocco tie behind them and get back to winning ways against Haiti on Friday. <\/p>\n

While at this moment in time unappreciated by Brazilians, Raphinha is a legend in Catalonia.<\/p>\n

He took some time to kick on following a high profile 2022 transfer from Leeds United, but he\u2019s since been transformed under Hansi Flick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Together, the pair have won back-to-back La Liga titles and five out of six trophies on offer in Spain across the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

The Champions League has eluded them, and it seems difficult to believe that \u201cRapha\u201d would ditch the Blaugrana before bringing the big-eared trophy to its fans for the first time since 2015.<\/p>\n

Last month, however, we saw Barcelona land Anthony Gordon in an $80 million (\u20ac70 million) transfer which means he will have permanent competition for the left wing slot moving forward.<\/p>\n

That was previously temporary with Marcus Rashford around. As reported last week, however, the Catalans have passed on the chance<\/a> to sign the Manchester Untited-owned forward permanently.<\/p>\n

On Monday June 15th, FC Barcelona\u2019s option to obtain Rashford for $35 million (\u20ac30 million) expired. As a consequence, he\u2019ll return to his boyhood club following the World Cup – which is reportedly the timeframe Raphinha has set to open talks with Al-Hilal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona winger Raphinha will open potential transfer talks with Al-Hilal after the World Cup according to Mundo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[182,5739,92,751,1870,930,937,2865,94,369],"class_list":["post-41565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-al-hilal","tag-al-nassr","tag-barcelona","tag-brazil","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-hansi-flick","tag-joao-cancelo","tag-neymar","tag-raphinha","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41565","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=41565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}