{"id":22225,"date":"2022-06-29T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/29\/why-chelsea-are-likely-to-beat-arsenal-to-raphinha-signing\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T06:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T10:00:44","slug":"why-chelsea-are-likely-to-beat-arsenal-to-raphinha-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/29\/why-chelsea-are-likely-to-beat-arsenal-to-raphinha-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Chelsea are likely to beat Arsenal to Raphinha signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>An insight into why Chelsea are likely to beat Arsenal to the signing of Leeds United winger Raphinha has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>For several weeks now, it has been Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal who have been the most heavily linked with the Brazilian and, despite no deal being completed, it did look as though Raphinha was Emirates bound.<\/p>\n<p>That was until Tuesday evening when various reports emerged and suggested Chelsea were close to agreeing a deal with Leeds for their star winger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? EXCL: Chelsea close to agreeing fee north of \u00a355m with Leeds for Raphinha but not done yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a> now best placed with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LUFC<\/a> &amp; 25yo as long-term favourites Barcelona can\u2019t afford it at present + Arsenal not currently at required price <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cPEmDq4d8N\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/cPEmDq4d8N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1541843186280185857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1706221\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":764778,\"brand_name\":\"William Hill\",\"offer_text\":\"Bet u00a310 &amp; Get u00a330 in Free Bets\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/william-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/165x165_William-Hill.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"William Hill Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/william-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">Bet \u00a310 &amp; Get \u00a330 in Free Bets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #02204a\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/william-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">CLAIM NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">18+. 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Club are hesitant around the fee being touted \u2013 especially because Leeds have negotiated a big part of the fee to be paid up front, which Chelsea have accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Deal not done, but Chelsea firmly in the driving seat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cbIuXAKQSN\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/cbIuXAKQSN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Freddie Paxton (@Freddie_Paxton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Freddie_Paxton\/status\/1541851833336987650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/mls-betting-tips\/chicago-fire-vs-philadelphia-union-betting-tips-major-league-soccer-preview\/\"><strong>Chicago Fire vs Philadelphia Union betting tips: Major League Soccer preview, predictions and odds<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/mls-betting-tips\/seattle-sounders-vs-club-de-foot-montreal-betting-tips-major-league-soccer-preview\/\">Seattle Sounders vs CF Montr\u00e9al betting tips: Major League Soccer preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An insight into why Chelsea are likely to beat Arsenal to the signing of Leeds United winger Raphinha has been provided. For several weeks now, it has been Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal who have been the most heavily linked with the Brazilian and, despite no deal being completed, it did look as though Raphinha was Emirates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-22225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}