Before the season started it looked as though Raphinha was definitely on his way out of Barcelona, but the Brazilian continued to reject any offers to leave the club in the summer and bet on himself to turn things around under new manager Hansi Flick.
Two months have passed and now Raphinha is a captain and an indispensable part of the team, and he’s playing as well as anyone in Europe to begin the campaign. The 27-year-old has shown he has what it takes to succeed at Barça, and has proven even some of his own fans wrong.