The 25-year-old is eager to secure his departure from Elland Road and Leeds boss Jesse Marsch admits he is uncertain whether Raphinha will travel with the squad to Australia where the Whites are set to face Brisbane Roar, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.Leeds winger Raphinha has asked to stay behind from their tour ‘down under’ in the hope of finalising a move to Barcelona or Chelsea. ‘My guess is, I don’t know. We just have to wait and see what happens in the next couple of days.’, Marsch said.’There’s urgency from his end, I think, to come up with a solution. We have to in the next couple of days see how things stand and see how we go.’It hasn’t been an easy time for him this summer.”Things have come and gone and there have been a lot of little discussions. Right now he’s our player.’Barcelona have matched Chelsea’s £60million offer for Raphinha and have re-opened negotiations with Leeds 📝 pic.twitter.com/TzoPdoTMyo— GOAL (@goal) July 9, 2022 Despite the uncertainty over his future, Marsch praised Raphinha’s attitude in training. ‘He showed up today and trained with everybody, he had such a good attitude.’ Marsch said.’We had a very open and honest conversation about while he’s here he’s part of us, and then we’ll see what happens.’It’s still a long way to go in the transfer window.’I know he has hopes and dreams. I know he loves this team and this club and he loves being here.’We’ll see how things progress day by day.’##NAJAVA_MECA_6495570##Chelsea had a bid of 71 million euros accepted for Raphinha but he is holding out for a move to Barcelona. Barcelona are interested in the footballer but are struggling financially and as such have found it difficult to come up with an acceptable offer.Meanwhile, Ousmane Dembele is close to signing a new contract with Barcelona. The 25-year-old has been a free agent since his previous deal expired at the end of last month, but there are just a few small details that need to be sorted out before his future can be finalised.Chelsea were seen as Dembele’s next stop, mostly due to constant interest from the new ownership of the Stamford Bridge club but also due to Thomas Tuchel managing the Blues – Dembele’s old ‘friend’ from his Borussia Dortmund days.
