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Report: Raphinha agrees personal terms with Barcelona; £29m bid made

Barcelona have already reached an agreement over personal terms with Raphinha and have now made a £29.2 million bid for the Leeds United star, .

Raphinha continues to be heavily linked with a move away from Elland Road. He has done more than any single player to keep Leeds in the Premier League this season.

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Reports have claimed that contract talks with the Whites have broken down. Meanwhile, there is interest from Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Barca.

And it would now appear that the latter have very much put themselves in the driving seat for a deal.

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that signing Raphinha has become the priority for Barcelona, and they hope to agree a deal with Leeds in the coming weeks.

It is suggested that they have made a first offer of €35 million.

It is hard to see Leeds accepting anything like that offer if they remain in the Premier League. But Barca have still cleared one big hurdle.

Sport reports that Barcelona have already reached an agreement with Raphinha over a salary at the Nou Camp.

Raphinha leaving the Premier League for Barcelona may not be a terrible outcome for Leeds

Ideally, Leeds would get one more season out of Raphinha. He is clearly their most talented player. And he has been an absolute revelation since moving to the Premier League.

However, the Elland Road faithful have always been realistic about what his future holds. And this year has not been a good one for the Whites.

Many will be expecting the Brazil international to leave this summer. So losing Raphinha to Barcelona may not be the worst outcome.

They are not selling him to a Premier League rival.

Having said that, there would be uproar if Leeds sold Raphinha for anything like £29 million unless they had no other choice.