Manchester City are surprisingly now interested in signing Brazilian and Barcelona star Raphinha as a replacement for Riyad Mahrez who will move to Saudi Arabia soon. Raphinha's career in Barcelona is not so bad, but not the best we expect a player of his quality to deliver. If he moves to Manchester City either on a full contract or on loan, Pep will make a monster out of him.
Raphinha might be a good player option to replace Riyad Mahrez. Pep has a good assessment of Raphinha, who won the main place in Xavi's squad the previous season. he helped Barca a lot last season.
Chelsea also reportedly want Raphinha, but a month ago it seemed that Raphinha still wanted to stay in Barcelona. but all possibilities can happen if there is an attractive offer to Barcelona. especially if Xavi wants a player who can be exchanged with Raphinha.
Will Raphinha replace Mahrez in the first-team squad under Pep Guardiola? I think it also depends on Bernardo Silva whether he leaves or stays with the team, I think he knows what he wants with Raphinha, he did help the previous Barcelona team but didn't score too many goals.
IMO, instead of going to Chelsea it is better to go to Manchester City but it is a choice in terms of salary, offers and other considerations from the club, obviously there is no seriousness yet only limited to rumors, but Rapinha has the potential to come again to the Premier League.