Possible betrayal of Raphinha: his father would have swindled him out of a lot of money

BarcelonaBrazilian footballer Raphinha is going through strange times. The Barcelona player, who arrived at the World Cup to be a starter but got injured during the second match, has seen how different journalistic reports published in Brazil point to a serious family problem, as his own father, Rafael Belloli, allegedly deceived him to keep a good part of his fortune. Former international player Vampeta was among the first to explain, two days ago, that Raphinha had told his national teammates that he had financial problems. And all because of his father.

According to different Brazilian journalists, the father allegedly appropriated 80% of the player's income from image rights and commercial agreements over the last few years. The father allegedly did not explain to his son for years how he had signed the contracts, which is why the footballer thought he was earning more money than he actually had. According to these reports, everything exploded when in recent months the Barça footballer and his wife allegedly decided to buy a house in Barcelona for 10 million euros, but at the time of negotiating the purchase, financial institutions allegedly notified the player that his economic situation was not what he expected.

Raphinha, who has not confirmed any of this information, has reportedly immediately broken all contractual and labor relations with his father, who managed his finances in a previous structure linked to the current Blaugrana sporting director, Deco. Currently, the player's corporate decisions have been delegated to his father-in-law, Alexandre Madeira, who has official accreditation with FIFA to negotiate his advertising contracts.

The player's wife used social media to deny that the family was suffering from financial problems, but without denying the facts, and stated that "if we currently earned only 10% of what Raphinha earns, we would already be happy. I didn't see the need to explain anything on my social media, because if I posted saying: 'Look, I'm not poor, I'm still rich,' they would say I have no class. I thought this story would die, but these rumors have already reached Spain," said Natalia Belloli.

All this comes at a transfer market where the Brazilian has once again received offers to go to Saudi Arabian football. According to the specialized Brazilian portal Globoesporte, the latest offer to the winger is around 170 million euros spread over four seasons at Al-Hilal. The fact of having discovered that he does not have as much money as he thought could be a key element in deciding whether to leave Barça or not. And all this, with the player trying to recover in time to return to the playing field to continue helping the Brazilian national team, qualified as group leader in this World Cup.

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