‘One to watch’ – Chelsea wants £55m Barcelona attacker this summer
According to latest reports via Simon Phillips, The Blues are ‘still keeping tabs’ on Barcelona winger Raphinha after missing out on him before he moved to Spain.
Chelsea were close to signing the former Leeds United winger last summer before Barcelona hijacked the deal for the 26 year old Brazilian international. Raphinha joined Barcelona in a deal worth £55million.
Phillips has confirmed that Raphinha does still have admirers at Stamford Bridge, and it’s certainly ‘one to watch’ ahead of the summer window.
Speaking to GIVEMESPORT, he said: “Yeah, this is one to watch for sure. I was told months ago that Chelsea were still keeping tabs on Raphinha, even after he joined Barcelona. He was fairly close to joining Chelsea at one point before Barcelona came in.
“Many at Chelsea still like him. Obviously, he chose Barcelona, they were his dream and he made that pretty clear publicly as well, but Chelsea have still been there.”