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Josh Holland

Barcelona £55m mistake over Chelsea summer transfer confirmed amid Mykhaylo Mudryk hijack

Back in the summer, Brazilian forward Raphinha turned down a move to Chelsea to fulfil his "dream" of playing for Barcelona. The Blues had agreed a deal in principle of £55million for the Leeds United forward before the Catalan club hijacked the deal.

Since moving to Spain, Raphinha has scored three goals and assisted a further five in 21 appearances for Xavi's side. The winger also featured in all five of Brazil's World Cup games in Qatar before they were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Croatia.

After missing out on Raphinha, Todd Boehly recruited Raheem Sterling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but neither have delivered exactly how the U.S billionaire would have hoped for so far. Now, six months after his move to the Nou Camp, the Brazilian could already be set to exit the Spanish giants.

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