{"id":81648,"date":"2026-09-06T15:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81648\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T15:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:49:21","slug":"barcelonas-first-ever-brazilian-number-nine-wishes-new-signing-the-best-lot-of-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81648\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona&#8217;s first-ever Brazilian number nine wishes new signing the best: &#8216;Lot of nostalgia&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raphinha has started the new season with Barcelona on fire and has been simply unstoppable in front of goal playing as a number nine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brazilian star\u2019s legacy at the club is only growing, and there is already a sense of conviction that he will go down in history as one of the greats of his nation to have played for Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, the player Barcelona have brought in to serve as his backup also happens to be a compatriot \u2013 Gabriel Jesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new striker will don the number nine shirt for Barcelona despite not being the starting striker while Raphinha will continue to don the number 11 which he has made iconic.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian legend\u2019s wishes<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona\u2019s first-ever Brazilian number nine, Evaristo, spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/mensaje-evaristo-primer-9-brasileno-133983653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SPORT<\/a> recently where he reminisced about his time as the club\u2019s striker.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HRJKqWNWUAEGFyt-1920x1080-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gabriel Jesus, Barcelona player\" class=\"wp-image-211463\"  \/>Jesus has massive shoes to fill. (Picture credit: X\/@FCBarcelona)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wishing the new holder of the kit, Gabriel Jesus, the best with the jersey, he said,<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGabriel, honor the number 9 shirt you wore with Barcelona, which even today I still remember with a lot of nostalgia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evaristo then wished the player the very best at his new club and spoke about how Brazilians have a rich history with Barcelona\u2019s number nine shirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wish you success with Barcelona, and that you leave your mark on the club\u2019s shirt just like many Brazilian players have done throughout its history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Set for a debut?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabriel Jesus was Barcelona\u2019s final signing of the summer and moved from Arsenal to Catalonia on deadline day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fc-barcelona-v-rayo-vallecano-de-madrid-laliga-ea-sports-2026-27-12-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Raphinha, Barcelona player\" class=\"wp-image-211396\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4993035329872104;width:740px;height:auto\"  \/>Barcelona\u2019s first-choice Brazilian striker. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday\u2019s clash against Valencia marks the first time the Brazilian enters the squad for Barcelona, and he is starting on the bench at Mestalla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having just arrived at the club, the player did not take long to join group training, and there is confidence that the player is in good physical form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-new-signing-edges-closer-to-debut-after-completing-full-training-session\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">His debut for Barcelona<\/a>, at least as a formality, could well arrive late in the game against Valencia. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number nine shirt, in that sense, can be seen on the field for Barcelona for the first time this season later in the day. A massive day thus awaits the former Arsenal star as he kicks off a new chapter in his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raphinha has started the new season with Barcelona on fire and has been simply unstoppable in front of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,30465,3200],"class_list":["post-81648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-evaristo","tag-gabriel-jesus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81648","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=81648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}