Raphina

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I am sure Mrrs Treitel and Atiyah would disagree on your assessment of contracts.

Barcelona don’t have the cash to pay Leeds what they are holding out for. At the end of the day Leeds don’t have to sell. Laporte seems to be playing politics but Leeds don’t have to sell at all. Destabilise the player so you don’t have to pay market value. If UEFA and FIFA had any teeth they would address the dealings of Barca and Real Madrid and put an end to some of the nonsense. A club owing allegedly close to 1b euros should not be buying players until it has paid off some of that debt.

Deco as an ambassador for Barca is in a slightly conflicted position not that I am sure he would see it that way.

If Barca can’t pay 60m the it’s Chelsea or stay with us - he wants champions league football by all accounts so he will need to be flexible.

Not disagreeing with anything you say about the "real politic" of matters, simply answering Ozleeds query to the best of my ability (reflecting the fact that professional football, in particular the elite leagues, is about as far away from what Trietel and Atiyah expounded as it's possible to be and still have contracts!

Leeds don't have to sell, quite right, but Raphina doesn't have to agree to go to a club he doesn't want to go to (which may or may not be the case with Chelski, no-one knows for sure).

If he (Raphina) does stay, it will will still be the case that Marsch will need every player he fields firing on all cylinders, and we have seen how Raphinas head can drop if things aren't going his way (when we were getting drubbed 5, 6 & 7 nil), so he might not even get played at all.