Why Rafinha Is the Forgotten Barcelona Player Who Will Explode in 2015/16

Rafinha Alcantara could be forgiven for thinking his time at Barcelona is heading much the same way as his sibling, Thiago.

The elder of the two brothers left for Bayern Munich and into the bosom of Pep Guardiola to get the amount of playing time he no doubt thought he deserved in Catalonia.

Rafinha has certainly impressed in his cameo appearances but hasn't really been given the opportunity to shine on a regular basis.

Over half of his 30 appearances per WhoScored.com were as a substitute, and the youngster only managed to play the full 90 minutes on five occasions in 2014/15. In 16 of those games, he played for 25 minutes or less, hardly a ringing endorsement of his footballing abilities by…