Former Leeds United winger Raphinha has reportedly left Barcelona 'completely baffled' after his start to life at the Camp Nou. Raphinha made the switch to Barca from the Whites in the summer for a fee in the region of £55 million but as of yet has not shown his full potential.
According to AS, Barcelona are yet to discover how to bring the best out of the Brazilian and questions were starting to be asked over his signing. Raphinha has been dropped to the bench for each of the last four matches following the 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the El Classico in October.
The report also states that Raphinha has been described as 'unbeatable' by Barcelona sources in training, but then goes on to produce 'absolutely nothing' in real-game situations. His inability to so far replicate his performances on the training field are said to be worrying the staff.
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That said, Barcelona do remain confident that Raphinha will recapture both his form and confidence in the coming weeks, and that may have started at the weekend. With Barcelona being held to a 0-0 draw at Valencia heading into stoppage time, Raphinha produced a moment of magic to help Xavi's side to three points.
He clipped a pinpoint cross in behind the Valencia defence to locate the run of Robert Lewandowski inside the six-yard box, who promptly finished on the volley. Barca will be hoping that is a sign of things to come and from Raphinha's point of view, he will need to begin producing that consistently with Ansu Fati, Ousmane Dembele and Ferran Torres all competing for two positions.
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