Raphinha and realism

comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
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comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 10 minutes ago
Hay responded saying: “There are clauses in it. It was £17m plus add-ons but I’m not aware of a buy-out clause.
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Yeah, I read an article saying that he did have a release clause but that wasn't met with the Leeds transfer fee. The president said that it was their decision to sell because they didn't want a player that wanted to move... so there was one, you just paid less.
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who knows, you only really find out when it comes to sale time.

I think based on what we see now, we might get 50 mill, might. If he has a good season and by that I mean play 75% of matches, last 90 mins almost every time and not fade out of matches and prove influential most time, might get nearer 70 mill.

Raphinha's market value today?

Well, if Grealish went for 100 million, I'd rather think the starting price should be north of that.

He's a game-changer, like Grealish. His individual brilliance, as well as his team ethic (assists are as valuable as scoring, he recently said), means he has the potential to pull rabbits out of hats.

Plus he's Brazilian, ffs! Gotta be worth a cool 100 + some, surely?

Hope I'm wrong but will be expecting him to be sold after the end of this season. If they sell him in January, Bielsa might not be best pleased so not worth the risk.

It's a real privilege to see him playing for us, that's for sure.

comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
comment by HaveFaithInLeeds (U8688)
posted 10 hours, 4 minutes ago
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 31 minutes ago
Be interesting to know if he had a release clause like he had in France.
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How much was his release clause in France?
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Whatever you guys ended up paying. He had a good at Rennes but ended up leaving for just over what they paid for him a year earlier.
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We definitely didn’t match a release clause. Not sure where you have got that from?

comment by HaveFaithInLeeds (U8688)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
comment by HaveFaithInLeeds (U8688)
posted 10 hours, 4 minutes ago
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 31 minutes ago
Be interesting to know if he had a release clause like he had in France.
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How much was his release clause in France?
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Whatever you guys ended up paying. He had a good at Rennes but ended up leaving for just over what they paid for him a year earlier.
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We definitely didn’t match a release clause. Not sure where you have got that from?
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Agree - I dont recall seeing that either

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imho i think we will only get 1 more season after this 1 with raffi unless we start climbing

comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 59 minutes ago
comment by A14... ( ليدز_يونايتد )You gotta love it!! (U2805)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by HaveFaithInLeeds (U8688)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
comment by HaveFaithInLeeds (U8688)
posted 10 hours, 4 minutes ago
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 31 minutes ago
Be interesting to know if he had a release clause like he had in France.
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How much was his release clause in France?
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Whatever you guys ended up paying. He had a good at Rennes but ended up leaving for just over what they paid for him a year earlier.
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We definitely didn’t match a release clause. Not sure where you have got that from?
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Agree - I dont recall seeing that either
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Yeah, I responded to this. There was a release clause but Leeds didn't have to match it. The Rennes president got some stick for it but said that he didn't want an unhappy player there and wanted the fee to re-invest in the team. So he did have a clause, but Leeds didn't have to match it to get him.
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Sorry didn’t read through the rest of the comments after your response.

comment by kammys left foot (U21862)
posted 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
imho i think we will only get 1 more season after this 1 with raffi unless we start climbing
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yeah thats how i see it also. if we can finish in the top half again he may want to wait to see how much we can add to the team next summer.

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We need Radz and the 49ers to go all out and get 3 top players in 3 specific positions so that Raph wants to stay and we can challenge.

1. We have a GK that is going places and we have good backup

2. We need a top level RB, plus we need Llorente and Koch to convert their glass into steel. Struijk will become top class, as will some of our youngsters but they are not there yet

3. We have top-level wingers - Raph, James and H, with Summerville coming through

4. We have Kalvin but we don't really have quality backup for him.

5. We need two top-level central midfielders

6. We need top strikers - or with better players surrounding him and a better system, Rodrigo may come into his own and Bam Bam may be even more prolific than last year. So that may be a tweak to how we play


So, a RB and two CMs. Strange how most on here have been saying that since last year