Leeds United confirmed on Saturday afternoon that winger Raphinha will not be in the squad to travel to Australia for the start of their pre-season tour.
Despite the doubt over his next destination, the 25-year-old is not going to remain a Leeds player beyond this window. As reported by Ben Jacobs from CBS after this news broke, Barcelona still do not have an accepted offer from the Premier League club but are in an advanced talks.
Barca have matched Chelsea's original £55m fee which the West Yorkshire club accepted over a week ago before the Spanish club reemerged with confidence they could hijack a move to Stamford Bridge.
