Barcelona target Raphinha makes ‘new decision’ as he tells Deco to ‘disable’ Chelsea

Leeds United winger Raphinha has told his agent that he wants him to end interest from Chelsea to engineer a move to Barcelona this summer, according to reports.

Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Barcelona have all been linked with a move for Raphinha this summer after the Brazilian contributed 17 goals and 12 assists across the last two Premier League seasons.

Earlier this month it had seemed that Arsenal were in pole position to sign the 25-year-old with Barcelona unable to match Leeds’ asking price.

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However, over the past week it emerged that Chelsea became the first club to get near the Yorkshire club’s valuation with the Blues submitting a ‘verbal proposal’ of £60m.

Fabrizio Romano brought us the news about the Blues bid and he also claimed that Barcelona’s offer ‘does not fulfill Leeds’ request’ as it stands, despite the Catalan giants having agreed personal terms with Raphinha.

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But now Spanish newspaper Sport puts Barcelona firmly at the front of the queue with Raphinha telling his agent, Deco, to ‘disable’ Chelsea from the race.

Raphinha wants the to ‘stop the Blues’ offensive’ and ‘prioritise’ Barcelona despite Leeds only accepting a bid from Chelsea to date.

It is his ‘childhood dream’ to play for Barcelona and the Brazilian ‘will not enter into any type of salary negotiation with the London club’.

Chelsea ‘did not expect Raphinha’s refusal’ but their proposal has now been ‘completely deactivated’ by the