Valverde asks a Barça player to leave "as soon as possible" (and there is surprise)

The Txingurri opens the doors to a crack in the winter market

Ernesto Valverde opens the doors to a culé crack 

The brother is the good guy", said many when Thiago Alcántara changed FC Barcelona for Bayern Munich in exchange for 18 million euros. They were referring to Rafinha Alcántara .

Pep Guardiola , then coach of the German team, took advantage of an alleged carelessness in the Thiago contractin which he allowed the player to go out at low cost if he did not reach a minimum number of games. The midfielder did not cover the quota and Barça was left without one of his biggest promises.

Opportunity

At the club they put all their hopes in Rafinha . Many pointed out that he had more quality than his older brother. The Brazilian was one of the first 'signings' of Luis Enrique .

But the midfielder never became a protagonist with the Asturian. The injuries did not respect him enough, while the Spaniard was losing little by little the confidence in the midfielder.

Bad luck seized all of football in the middle of last season, when he fell injured the knee . A low that dragged from one season to the next. In fact, in October he had to be re-operated on the meniscus.

But in the last weeks the sensations began to be better. The footballer is close to returning to the playing fields. The midfielder faces the final phase of his recovery.

The advice of the coach

However, Ernesto Valverde has already made it clear to him what the situation is. It will be very difficult that at this point Rafinha enters the dynamic of the group and the coach has recommended that if you want to go to the World Cup in Russia you should look for a team for the rest of the course "as soon as possible".

The Txingurri has already told him that in Barça he will not have the minutes he wants and his goal of continuing to grow will not be possible at the Camp Nou , at least in the short term. The ball is on the football player's roof.