The Brazilian signed for Barca after leaving Leeds but was also wanted by the Blues. Raphinha said he knew about their interest but only ever had one destination in mind.<\/p>\n
\u201dSince my last match with Leeds, I knew about the possibility of wearing the Bar\u00e7a shirt and I knew about Chelsea\u2019s interest,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I had a dream I had to fulfill and I gave 100% to be able to wear the Bar\u00e7a shirt. I turned a blind eye to other teams that wanted to sign me. I had a dream and I did everything possible to play for Bar\u00e7a.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raphinha has been a huge hit at Barcelona and is looking forward to returning to action after a spell on the sidelines.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve missed the team much more than they\u2019ve missed me. I\u2019m someone who strives to give my best on the pitch, whether offensively or defensively; it\u2019s just part of who I am. Often I\u2019m the team\u2019s biggest critic, the one who\u2019s always demanding too much from the guys, but that\u2019s just who I am,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe the players on the pitch are there because they have the skill and quality to be there, and I try to help everyone. And I have to be the first to do that: if I\u2019m at my best, I can demand more from the team. That\u2019s why I always try to give my absolute best.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brazilian signed for Barca after leaving Leeds but was also wanted by the Blues. Raphinha said he…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":402487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[2618,31701,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-402486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona-team-news","9":"tag-barcelona-uefa-champions-league","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115607627545919125","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}