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Move talk hampers Rafinha

25 Sep 2009 - 10:25:50

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Schalke's Brazilian wing-back Rafinha has admitted that rumours of a big-money summer transfer have affected him in recent times.

The 24-year-old was linked with the likes of Juventus and Bayern Munich, but he remains in Gelsenkirchen for the time being.

He told Bild: "There were a lot of people coming up in August and all were talking to me about the things I need to do.

"This was a situation I was not prepared for, this situation was like a snowball for me. Pretty much unbelievable, this made me become mad.

"There were about 50 people giving me a direct phone call and not a single person of these 50 people has ever told me the truth.

"There was nothing serious regarding their statements. This was pretty shocking to me and I hardly slept for more than three hours sometimes.

"My head was full of some promises and I was getting anxious, too.

"The manager and I have an agreement regarding the winter transfer window. I may leave, I may stay.

"I just told Felix Magath that basically I would like to move on, but we never talked about a concrete deal at all."