FC Barcelona’s attacking right-winger, Raphinha has acknowledged the hard work of the team manager, Hansi Flick and his team mates for their immense support they have provided to him in this 2024/25 new season.
In an interview with a media firm based in Spain, Raphinha iterated that, his phenomenal performance this season is stemming from his personal prepared during the off-season and the proper pre-season he had before the inception of the new season, “the mindset with which I started this season is different compared to past seasons.”
Raphinha further added that, his teammates and coach have really imbibed in him a lot of “confidence” and which has also aided him to develop various aspects of his talents and hence, enabling him to impact his team’s performance on every game positively.
“The confidence and trust that my coach and teammates have put in me is very important for me. Being Barca’s captain is also special,” he said.
Delving into Raphinha’s career statistics in the 2024/25 season, after ten La-Liga Santander league matches, he has provided his teammates with seven (7) assists plus five (5) goals making it an aggregate of twelve goal contributions while in the UEFA Champions League, in two group stage games, Raphinha has a goal and an assist which is very impressive.
During the interview, Raphinha when asked about his jersey number being labeled as Nico Williams possible jersey number when he makes a move from Athletic Bilbao to the Catalonian team.
“I saw people posting my 11 number shirt with Nico Williams name on social media… that was very disrespectful. It was a joke, but in a very bad taste. We have to respect players who are here,” Raphinha added.