Leeds United winger Raphinha won’t be a Liverpool player next season, Goal’s Neil Jones says.
Any previous ‘suggestions’ that the Brazilian will make the move to Anfield are said to be wide of the mark.
Raphinha only joined Leeds last year in a £17million switch from Ligue 1 outfit Rennes.
How did Raphinha perform last season?
He enjoyed an impressive debut campaign, directly contributing to 15 goals (six goals, nine assists) in 26 starts.
His average of 2.1 chances created per 90 minutes was the seventh-best in the division.
Raphinha has said he isn’t ‘even thinking about leaving’ but admitted it was ‘difficult to define’ how he felt when he heard ‘speculation about giant teams like Liverpool and Manchester United‘.
The Reds may be in the market for a new attacker this summer to boost their depth and to limit the damage of losing Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to AFCON duty at the turn of the year.
Fan feed LFC Transfer Room relayed Jones’ claim, and here’s what supporters made of it.
Liverpool fans react as Raphinha hopes spurned
“Pain”
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“Seems to be too expensive atm”
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“I try not to get dragged into rumours but I truly believed we were gonna sign him and I’ll be heartbroken if we don’t”
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“Coz they want to keep Origi…”
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“Ok. #Mbappe2021 then”
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In other news, fans were left raging by another transfer story.
