Graham Smyth shares what Victor Orta did to Raphinha as Leeds United seal huge Premier League survival
Leeds United secured their Premier League safety on the final day with a huge win over Brentford.
There were incredible scenes at full-time between the fans and players, with Raphinha even jumping into the away to embrace his family and sing with the fans.
The Brazilian was then seen embracing Victor Orta, who sunk to his knees on the Brentford turf to celebrate on what could be his final game for the club.
Graham Smyth of the Yorkshire Evening Post shared what he spotted at full time on his personal Twitter account, in what could be an emotional goodbye and thank you.
“Orta sinks to his knees to embrace Raphinha,” he wrote.
Incredible.
We still cannot believe our eyes.
Those scenes in extra time and after the full-time whistle were incredible and you have to say it is up there with our biggest achievements over the last year.
Raphinha was instrumental and showed his best side in London, and he scored the opener after winning the penalty himself, in what is likely his last game for the club.
Barcelona are said to be on his mind, but they are now going to have to pay big, big money to secure his services now and Leeds could be in for a very big pay day.
Could Leeds try and tempt him to stick around with another big offer though? Orta should not just open the exit door, and that embrace may not be a goodbye in the end.
Raphinha clearly loves being at the club, and with the World Cup coming up, he has already played for Brazil proving that he doesn’t need to move on to secure a spot on the plane.
A big few months are ahead.
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