Exclusive: Chelsea hijacked Barcelona and Arsenal £65M target Raphinha as the Blues reached an agreement with Leeds United today.
Barcelona have been working on a deal to bring Raphinha to the Camp Nou this summer and an agreement between Barca and his representatives was reached since months ago.
Thomas Tuchel was monitoring the situation since last summer, but Chelsea couldn’t push because of the sanction.
The deal is expected to be done in the coming hours/days after an agreement between the two clubs were reached today.
Exclusive: Chelsea hijacked Barcelona and Arsenal target
Chelsea and Leeds have reached full agreement for Raphinha! Official bid accepted around £60/65m [add ons included]. Main part of amount to be paid immediately. It’s done between clubs.
Talks now ongoing on player side on personal terms and contract. Todd Boehly is working on it, per Fabrizio Romano.
Arsenal had a meeting with Leeds and made a new verbal bid in the last hours, turned down by Leeds United, Barcelona also called Leeds again but no chance to match Chelsea bid.
Chelsea are now working to get the agreement done also on personal terms, according to reports from Fabrizio Romano.
Raphinha should be considered a Chelsea player after the breakthrough in the deal tonight.
