FC Barcelona presented the official photo of its squad for the 2023/2024 season, the last one with Xavi as coach by announcing that he will leave when the campaign ends. Everyone was there: the technical staff, the president Joan Laporta and even the footballers who are out due to serious injuries like Gavi and Balde.
However, one of those who caught everyone’s attention was Raphinha, located on the first line. The Brazilian appeared in the image making an oval gesture with his hands, as two of his compatriots Ronaldinho and Neymar already did.
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In this way, in weeks in which speculation about his future departure is increasing, the former Leeds footballer emulated the gesture made by two footballers who left a mark on the institution. Gerard Piqué also did it at the time, another who entered the great history of the Catalan club.
📸 𝐅𝐎𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑/𝟐𝟒 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/HP5I1muFLW
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) March 6, 2024
For its part, it was the first official photo for Vitor Roque. Located below, at one of the extremes, Tigrinho came out with the smile that characterizes him, while he fights to get more minutes in the first team after his arrival in the last transfer market.
After the photo, the squad got to work ahead of the home match against Mallorca next Friday in LaLiga. The team will have a key week, especially because of Tuesday’s match against Napoli corresponding to the round of 16 of the Champions League. In the first leg, in Italy, they went 1-1.
