Possible betrayal of Raphinha: his father would have stolen a significant amount of money from him

BarcelonaThe Barça player, who arrived at the World Cup expecting to start, became injured during the second match and has been the subject of various journalistic reports published in Brazil. Newspapers report that the player has a serious family problem, as his own father, Rafael Bellolli, allegedly deceived 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 took control of 80% of his 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 was earning more money than he actually had. According to this information, everything exploded when, in recent months, the Barça footballer 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 position was not as he had assumed.

Raphinha, who has not confirmed any of this information, has reportedly immediately broken all contractual and employment relations with his father, who managed his finances in a previous structure linked to the current Barcelona 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 is suffering from financial problems, but without denying the facts, she 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 time in the transfer market when the Brazilian has again received offers to move 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 factor in deciding whether or not to leave Barça. 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.