Raphinha: “I owe almost everything to Bielsa”

One of the interesting excerpts of the interview that Raphinha granted to GE during his concentration in the Brazilian team was when the player of FC Barcelona He described his relationship with Marcelo Bielsa when they both agreed on leedsnow that the Argentine coach is a cause for debate because of the words of the former culé Luis Suarez saying that, as the Uruguayan coach, he didn’t even say “good morning.” Raphinha appreciates what his personal relationship with Bielsa was like at Leeds, without getting into comparisons. “I don’t know what will happen to the Uruguay team but I know what happened to me at Leeds with Bielsa,” he said. “I owe almost everything to him,” concluded the 27-year-old Brazilian international.

Raphinha He played for Leeds between 2020 and 2022, years in which he lived with Bielsa. His memory of that time, according to his words to Globoesporte, shows successes and failures, but the general conclusion left to him about the influence of the Argentine coach on his career is clearly positive. “I spent good and bad times with him, naturally, like a big family. Being with a lot of people inside the house, naturally conflicts will happen, good times will happen and other ‘uglier’ ones, not everything is rosy. I think that within football, in a club, in a team, it ends up being the same, there are moments that are not so good, we have had our conflicts, our discussions,” he reflected as a preamble. before offering his verdict: “I can only. be thankful for everything I have now, for almost everything I have now.”

Former Barça striker Luis Suárez, a legend of Uruguayan football, recently admitted that during the “Copa América there were situations that hurt” and pointed out to Bielsa in a group that broke up that “I didn’t even say good morning,” he explained. Federico Valverde. current reference for Real Madrid and the Uruguay national team, said that “Luis Suárez didn’t even exaggerate.” “In the end there are clear things that if true, you should not deny anything, you should be sincere,” he commented.