Betis, Haro:”We had an agreement with Barcelona for Rafinha”

Despite a positive six month loan spell at Inter, Rafinha Alcantara returned to Barcelona at the end of last season. The Brazilian midfielder had numerous offers this summer, but ended up staying with the blaugran- Real Betis had made a concrete attempt to sign him at the end of the transfer window a fact confirmed by their president Angel Haro:”He was our first alternative to Lo Celso. PSG was asking for a forced option to buy at a price we couldn't afford, so we focused on Rafinha. We had agreed to all the terms with Barcelona, but the player didn’t want to commit to us long term. So we tried again for Lo Celso and you all know how that went”