Today, Spanish press sources revealed the latest developments regarding the fate of Leeds United striker Rafinia Diaz, the Leeds United player.
Rafinha Diaz is an important goal for Barcelona, in the next summer Mercato, especially with the fog surrounding the future of French winger Osman Dembele with the Blaugrana so far.
Brazilian attacking winger Rafinia Diaz began his football career with Vitoria Guimaraes and then Sporting Lisbon, from which he moved to Rennes, France, and finally joined Leeds United and spends his second season in the Premier League.
According to the Catalan newspaper, “Sport”, the Portuguese Deco, Rafinha’s agent, arrived in Barcelona today, to start negotiating with the Catalan club officials, about the details of the expected deal.
For his part, Barcelona will try to take advantage of the relationship he has with the former football star, Deco, who is Rafinha’s agent, to settle the deal and transfer the player to the “Camp Nou” stadium.
Barcelona officials headed by Joan Laporta plan to tie Rafinha Diaz to a long contract of up to 5 seasons, especially since he is still 25 years old and will represent a great investment for the Catalan club.
Leeds United aims to resolve the fate of the Brazilian winger before the end of the current season 2021/2022, especially since the English team is suffering greatly in its Premier League campaign.
These developments come with the presence of a penalty clause in Rafinia Diaz’s contract that gives him the right to leave for only 25 million pounds, if Leeds is relegated to the second division “Championship”.
The newspaper concluded its report, stressing that Barcelona’s position on contracting with Rafinha will not change, even in the event of renewing the contract of French winger Osman Dembele.
It is worth noting that Rafinha’s contract has a penalty clause of 25 million euros if his team is relegated from the Premier League, but it does not seem that the Joan Laporta administration will be open to entering an auction to include Rafinha in the coming period.