Barcelona hold 'initial talks' over Raphinha contract as captain takes unusual approach to negotiations

Barcelona sporting manager Deco has reportedly held declaration talks with skipper Raphinha, who is not being represented by an cause successful discussions. 

The Brazil planetary inactive has astir 2 years near connected his woody aft signing an hold successful May 2025.

However, the Catalan giants privation to connection him a caller declaration to debar uncertainty implicit his semipermanent future.

According to Sport, Barcelona person present taken the archetypal steps successful declaration negotiations with the 29-year-old attacker.

Barcelona main meets with Raphinha implicit caller contract

The study claims that the club's sporting manager Deco held an informal gathering with Raphinha astatine a edifice connected Tuesday.

The 2 parties held affirmative discussions successful which they made it wide of their privation to enactment connected a caller contract.

The gathering was lone the starting constituent of the dialog process, and neither enactment is successful a unreserved to get a caller woody implicit the line. 

Unlike the bulk of players, Raphinha does not person an cause to correspond him, which means helium volition grip the negotiations himself.

Raphinha's value to Barcelona

Raphinha has established himself arsenic an integral portion of the Barcelona squad since Hansi Flick took implicit the reins successful 2024.

The Brazilian has netted 63 goals and provided 32 assists successful 96 competitory appearances nether the German coach.

Raphinha has impressed successful a caller centre-forward relation successful the aboriginal stages of the existent campaign, registering 8 goals and 3 assists successful six matches crossed each competitions.

As the team's captain, Raphinha besides plays a cardinal enactment relation successful the group, which is different cardinal origin down Barcelona's keeness to widen his contract.