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The ‘other’ Raphinha who misled all the media

The Barça wanted to ‘appropriate’ Raphinha and prevented the media that were awaiting the arrival of the Brazilian striker at the private flight terminal from taking an image of him. Confirmed that the flight that had just landed around three in the afternoon came from Leeds, and with Raphinha inside, the graphic media and cameras prepared to capture the best image.

There was a first threat, when inside the terminal, it was seen that the entire entourage seemed to be going out through another door, and not through the main one. Minutes later, and after three carts full of suitcases, people began to parade to get into the van that the club had prepared there. Among them, the alleged Raphinha, which was later discovered not to be him because he did not have the tattoos on his arm. It turns out that the person who got into the vehicle, along with the player’s girlfriend and mother, was the cousin of Raphinha.

The club brought out the real Raphinha through a back door and quickly spread the first images of the player, already wearing a Barça polo shirt. “Hello culés, I am Raphinha and I’m already in Barcelona,” the Brazilian winger told the club’s media.