Rafinha - Schalke04 - RB (7 Viewers)

[A͎u͎s͎h͎]

Club: FC Schalke 04
Nationality: Brazil
Born: September 7th 1985 (age 24)
Height: 1.72 m / 5.64 ft
Weight: 68 kg / 149 lbs
Positions: Right defender, Right midfielder
Number: 18​

Schalke full-back Rafinha insists he would like to make the next step in his career and join either Juventus or Real Madrid.

The Bianconeri have been scouring the market for a natural right-back and Rafinha figures highly on their shortlist.

Speaking at a Press Conference following a charity match, the 24-year-old said: “I want to change clubs as soon as possible.

“I strongly desire to try a new experience and to challenge myself in a new championship… And Juventus and Real Madrid are great clubs.”

Juventus director of sport Alessio Secco reportedly made contact with Schalke in August and talks have been ongoing ever since.

Schalke are in real financial difficulty and look as though they will have to sell some of their stars in the January transfer window.

They have apparently set a price of €12m for Rafinha, which Tuttosport understands to be too much for Juventus right now.

However, if they want the Brazil international badly then they will have to stave off competition from Real Madrid, who have also registered their interest in him.

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Tuttosport though...

 

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[Byrone]

Too good to be true.

 

[A͎u͎s͎h͎]

Too good to be true.

Yeah, if only.

 

[Naggar]

It's on football Italia too, if it was only tuttosport I would've had doubts.. but he did say these things, but I doubt Secco will do anything about it, he might just renew for Molinaro for 5 years and promise him a position in the board

 

[Wahdan]

Too good to be true.

Yeah, if only.

Is he that good?

 

[A͎u͎s͎h͎]

Is he that good?

He'd be an established choice opposed to the current right-back, and it'll force us to sell Grygera and/or Zebina.

 

[Naggar]

We've been linked to him since summer and nothing happened

but can he or Caceres play on the left?

 

[IrishZebra]

Those are Football Manager prices

 

[Oggy]

It's funny how his price is 12m€ and still how is too much for us

 

[A͎u͎s͎h͎]

It's funny how his price is 12m€ and still how is too much for us

Nah but it's true lol, we can't afford to make a big money signing in January I don't think.

 

[generous88]

of course it'd be great...and i think we could rely on caceres in the center beside chiellini...i expect it to be a great duo

 

[IrishZebra]

Rafinha for the same price as caceres

 

[generous88]

Nah but it's true lol, we can't afford to make a big money signing in January I don't think.

may be we can if we sold a couple of useless players...and they are too many in fact

 

[A͎u͎s͎h͎]

may be we can if we sold a couple of useless players...and they are too many in fact

Deadwood? Absolutely. But that's mainly down to poor planning and strategy in past mercatos.

 

[BillyG]

He'd be an established choice opposed to the current right-back, and it'll force us to sell Grygera and Zebina.

fixed!!

 

[Salvatore]

I think it would be safe to keep Grygera as cover, he isn't constantly injured.

 

[Salvo]

I think it would be safe to keep Grygera as cover, he isn't constantly injured.

 

[Mark]

http://www.juventuz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7280

Please edit 1st post, I'm too tired to do it. Look at other 1st posts in this thread for example.

 

[Oggy]

Nah but it's true lol, we can't afford to make a big money signing in January I don't think.

But how do they expect to buy quality fullback for penauts, if we can't afford Rafinha than we shouldn't buy at all. I don't want our team to spend 5-6 mil for another Grygera.

And like someone said before, why don't we sell Grygera or Molinaro/Zebina and with that money we could finance half of transfer fee.

 

[Ken]

So, can Cáceres play LB? I think he can play basically any position in the back line, but I'm not sure. We can keep Grosso as backup for when we need a WC winning dive, or penalty-kick taker.

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