{"id":989,"date":"2025-05-08T21:27:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=989"},"modified":"2025-05-08T21:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:27:38","slug":"xavi-didnt-trust-me-raphinha-recalls-tough-barca-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/xavi-didnt-trust-me-raphinha-recalls-tough-barca-period\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Xavi didn&#8217;t trust me&#8221; &#8211; Raphinha recalls tough Barca period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6-768x407.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona star Raphinha has hit out at former head coach Xavi Hernandez for not trusting him, revealing that he considered a move to Saudi Arabia last summer while speaking to Isabela Pagliari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brazilian forward has been one of the standout players this season. Having scored 31 goals and provided 25 assists so far for Hansi Flick&#8217;s Barcelona, Raphinha has risen as one of the leading contenders for the Ballon d&#8217;Or.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was not always sunny for the 29-year-old winger. Raphinha left Leeds United to join Barca in 2022, at the time led by former midfielder Xavi Hernandez. But what he thought was a dream turned out to be a tough transfer for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raphinha completed a full 90 minutes on just eight occasions during two seasons under the Barcelona legend. Despite winning the Liga title in 2023, he revealed that he considered a move to Saudi Arabia because Xavi &#8216;did not trust him&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I felt like the coach and his staff did not trust me,&#8221; Raphinha told Isabela Pagliari. &#8220;I only played 90 minutes when there was no other player. I gave everything I could give and had an impact on games, but they always picked other players without even thinking about me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes, I was doing everything for 60 minutes, and they would take me off. There&#8217;s a famous video in which I explode when I reach the bench and punch it. I think it was the game against Manchester United,&#8221; he continued, referring to a Europa League match in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I had done really well. I had scored and set up a goal. I think it was 2-2 and they took me off. I had just created a really good chance. I felt good and was playing well. And I was the first player taken off. I could not believe it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H concluded as he said: &#8220;I tried to fix the situation. I had several conversations with Xavi, but I saw that it was making no difference. He had his way of thinking.&#8221; Despite the struggles, Raphinha managed to overcome the barriers to become a crucial player for Barcelona.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona star Raphinha has hit out at former head coac [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions\/991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}