Leeds United’s Raphinha spends break at PSG game with YouTube star, meets up with Neymar
The break in the Leeds United fixture list allowed Raphinha to attend a Paris Saint-Germain game with a Brazilian YouTube star and meet up with Neymar.
Chelsea’s involvement in the FA Cup semi final yesterday (17 April) shifted their scheduled visit to Elland Road and left a 16-day break in the Whites’ calendar.
United’s star man spent the weekend with Felipe Neto, a vlogging star with 43.9 million subscribers on YouTube, where they attended the Ligue 1 giants’ 2-1 win over Marseille.
The 25-year-old’s international teammate Neymar scored the first and met up with his compatriot after the final whistle.
Raphinha re-posted photos with his two famous friends on his Instagram today, with Neto’s message to the Elland Road standout reading “we are together for life, brother”, and Neymar’s including the caption “Always good to see you magic”.
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It is a measure of the growth in stature of the former Rennes winger that this is how he now spends his time off.
In what has been a trying season at Elland Road the Brazilian stood out under Marcelo Bielsa, and after a dip in form is also performing for Jesse Marsch.
Those performances saw him break into his national team, making his international debut in October.
Since then he has racked up seven caps and scored three times, so his profile is unsurprisingly high.
That has also seen transfer attention sky-rocket, with Barcelona above all apparently intent on prising him out of the Premier League.
That will be easier said than done however, with relegation looking likely to be avoided.
It is going to take a hefty bid to get the club to accept it, and after a wonderful opener in the last game against Watford he does appear to be committed to the task at hand.
In other Leeds United news, the club look set to hold an advantage over Chelsea in their re-arranged fixture.