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Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Iyo Akimuelera.

Hafenia is having an incredible season at Barcelona.

Raminia Marl and Raphina is in.

This could be the hat trick for Raphina.

It is!

The match ball goes to the Barcelona captain who has surely just put this game out of the

reach of Bayern Munich.

After being pushed towards the new camp exit during the summer, the Brazilian has grown into one of Hansifflik's most important players.

So how has Hafenia reinvented himself to become one of Europe's most effective players?

Here with us today, we have the athletics Thomas Hill Lopez Manchero and Phil Hay is with us as well.

Now, Phil, look, Hafenia was involved in two of Basas goals as they came from behind to beat

Atlatico 4-2 on the weekend. He's now, listened to this tally, got an incredible 45 goal

contributions. That's 45 goal contributions in 42 appearances in all

competitions. I know you saw him at Leeds, but this development of his is extraordinary.

It is. I have been badgering you to do this for a while, partly because I did enjoy watching

him so much at Leeds, but partly because this season has been so exceptional that

he's starting to move out on his own or certainly into a teeny tiny group of, you know,

properly world-class players who are out in front of the rest. I mean, when he was in the

Premier League, you could definitely see the roots of the player he is now. The talent in the flare was very obvious,

as was the sort of inner self-confidence that he definitely has.

So I wouldn't say that he's changed much or changed a great deal stylistically.

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