Raphinha's left foot and Rüdiger's left

When Deco put Raphinha's name on the table, he warned the different sectors of the club.

"If Leeds descends, the clause will be 25 million," said the former player, Barça adviser and striker's agent.

So, many managers were excited.

Some even put alerts on their mobile phones to follow the games.

And even Xavi was heard asking about the result of Leeds in the Premier.

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At that time, at Barça there was no news of the levers, Dembélé was a foot and a half out of the club and the coach insisted that he needed reinforcements in all positions.

But a goal from Raphinha saved Leeds and Barça ended up spending 57 million.

The Brazilian, however, does not seem to weigh the value of his transfer.

He scored in his debut as a Barça player against Inter Miami and sealed the first Clásico of the year thanks to the gift of Militão, untouchable in central defense alongside Alaba.

Raphinha, for now, beats Dembélé's pulse.

The competition extends throughout the attacking front: Barça has two nines (Lewandowski and Aubameyang), plus two left wingers (Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres).

Overbooking of forwards that puts Memphis on the market (the club advised him to find a way out), the same situation for Braithwaite, who did not travel to the United States.

With the attack reinforced, Barcelona continues to negotiate with Sevilla for Koundé.

After activating the second lever last Friday —sold 15% of television rights for about 320 million—, Barça has liquidity to knock on the door of Sánchez Pizjuán.

If on the Barça shore the Las Vegas classic left Raphinha's flash, in Madrid the hangover had more to do with tactical issues.

With the arrival of Rüdiger, it was assumed that the German would be placed in the center of the defense, as he had done at Chelsea, and that Alaba would move to the left side, because it was his natural profile and because he knew that position well. .

However, Carlo Ancelotti, a prudent man, does not seem willing to move, at least at the first opportunity, which led him to win the League and the Champions League.

In his first eleven, he surprised everyone by placing the German on the left-handed flank of the rear.

“I liked him a lot, I'm not crazy and he's very intelligent.

He can play there.

Alaba will only do it as a left back out of necessity.

I don't want to change the couple from last year [along with Militão]”, argued Carletto.

The variant, which trained her in the previous one, opens a new landscape in the white defense.

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