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

BarcelonaBrazilian footballer Raphinha is experiencing strange days. The Barcelona player, who arrived at the World Cup expected to be a starter but was injured during the second match, has seen various journalistic reports published in Brazil point to a serious family problem, as his own father, Rafael Belloli, allegedly defrauded him to keep a large part of his fortune. Former international player Vampeta was one of 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 various Brazilian journalists, the father allegedly appropriated 80% of the player's image rights income 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 would earn more money than he actually had. According to these reports, everything came to a head when, in recent months, the Barça player and his wife 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, would have immediately broken all contractual and labor relations with his father, who managed his finances in a previous structure linked to the currentblaugrana sporting director, Deco. Currently, the player's corporate decisions have been delegated to his father-in-law, Alexandre Madeira, who has official accreditation from FIFA to negotiate his advertising contracts.

The player's wife used social media to deny that the family is experiencing economic problems, but without denying the facts, stating 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 of this comes at a transfer market where the Brazilian has 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 that he has discovered he does not have as much money as he thought could be a key element when deciding whether to leave Barça or not. And all this, with the player trying to recover in time to return to the field to continue helping the Brazilian national team, classified as first in their group in this World Cup.

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