Okay, things are getting CRAZY with Raphinha...

Raphinha’s form is unbelievable for FC Barcelona at the moment. This summer, many fans wanted the club to sell Raphinha for the transfer of Nico Williams from Athletic Club de Bilbao. In the end, Raphinha stayed, and has been Barcelona’s most important player of the season thus far. Raphinha has become a monster under Hansi Flick, and is one of the top performers in Europe when it comes to goals and assists.

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Barça's best player: 00:00
He almost left: 01:12
An example to follow: 04:37
A natural captain: 08:49

[Marley]

it makes you wonder how many players actually have this much potential but are being suffocated by the wrong manager or system

[AliRaid-yvwh]

He’s having the best career turnaround that I’ve ever seen and in such a short period of time too

[SantiagoGarza-bgwp]

That goal in El Clasico was just plain genius

[vevymotivation]

As someone who didn’t want him at Barcelona and wanted him gone last summer, after this start to the season, I think that after the game against Bayern, I had to order a jersey with his name on it just to admit how wrong I was about him.

[AliRaid-yvwh]

He’s unironically our player with most spirit and love for the badge tho he’s not from La Masia

[SpiritOfMontgomery]

I still can’t believe a player of Raphinha’s quality blessed us at Leeds.

We thought Pablo was just a cut above when he was w/ us, which is/was true, but Raphinha was even more than that. Unreal man. Unreal.

[TheGwillsterAndCyber]

Raphinha has been an absolute joy to watch this year. So happy he stuck around

[PHNOM]

I wanna see Barca vs Liverpool and watch mo and rapha exchange shirts after a 4-4 thriller

[bluesfactspitter]

I love Raphina. Great story and redemption arc but more importantly hard work and a strong mentality is what is most important in this world and he embodies that. Big fan he deserves all the success that comes his way.

[brockg]

Rabona TV is one of the best football channels. Abundantly knowledgeable, insightful, and chill. Not to mention the fire kits. This is the place to expand your past and current footballing knowledge from a fun and enjoyable channel. ⚽👍

[alexandrenabais]

As a barça fan, I actually love that Hansi Flick tik tok. It's hilarious. Please bring it up every time you talk about us. It makes my day.

[economicerudite]

It actually started last season. Raphinha was injured last season, and then came back during the last few months of the campaign. His form was instantly better and he has carried it through into this season. Let's not forget that it was him who was scoring Barcelona's big goals in the champion's league knockouts last season.

[kaustralishamal]

Raphinha is the same great player of last season, the key difference is the team is playing better and players are more motivated, he included. If you checked his numbers from the last 2 seasons, you can see that, but the thing is the team numbers as a whole have improved, so his also.

[lewisw]

All Leeds fans knew this was coming. Class player

[diulikadikaday]

It makes me realise that players need to fit a system.

Small, technical players may find it hard to play “route one” football. Big, physical players maybe can’t play tiki-taka.

Rafinha came from Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds team who were high energy and chaotic.

Then Xavi asked him to play a slow, low-energy style. He had no space to run into and no chaos to exploit.

Flick’s philosophy is closer to Bielsa’s and is getting the best out of Rafinha.

[mohamedfm]

It’s like he magically turned into Rivaldo!

[BigSuzpekt]

Another thing I’d add is hard work can be very contagious especially with all the young players this team has at the moment. That’s what I like about him, he might not be a big name star like Mbappe, but him working hard for the team really shows and I think it’s a big motivator for the rest of the squad. Just how being lazy is contagious, working hard is contagious too. When one of your leaders is stepping up and leading the team, the rest of the players will follow. Ever since Messi left, we didn’t have a player to show leadership on the field. No one showed up and put the team on their shoulders how raphinha is doing this season.

[Hippyboat]

Captain arm band suits him .. what a turnaround .. stuff of fairytales

[footballhipstertv]

People forget that he scored the goal to win Barça the league in 23/23 despite him having an under-par season. We Barça fans love our boy Rapha❤

[hamzazmamri]

Rapha is the real Barca captain this season.