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Raphinha's impact at Leeds United is still playing a part in the club's transfer business three years after his final game for the club. While the Brazilian's trajectory from Portugal and France through Elland Road to Barcelona and now Ballon d'Or contention is pointed out to compatriot Igor Paixao by fans on social media as he is linked with a move from Dutch side Feyenoord, one specific game and memory of Raphinha stands out for Sean Longstaff. Advertisement The Newcastle United academy graduate has only played at Elland Road in front of fans once. It was the night in January 2022 when he replaced an injured Joelinton before half-time, the night Jonjo Shelvey sealed a smash-and-grab away win for Eddie Howe's visitors with a 75th-minute free kick. 'One of the big things I remember from the day is, Raphinha was still there, every time he got the ball, you could feel the buzz of the whole stadium,' Longstaff tells The Athletic. 'As an away player, even if we felt OK in the game, you're subconsciously thinking, 'Are we not OK here?'. 'I just remember the whole atmosphere. I started on the bench. I remember warming up — you take in a bit more; you look around, and every time they go forward, you think they're going to score just because of the buzz of the crowd.' That's a buzz Longstaff, 27, cannot wait to experience as a home player in less than a month when Everton arrive, under the lights, for both sides' 2025-26 season opener on Monday, August 18. That Shelvey-inspired win was considered one of the foundational moments in Howe's rebuild of the club after its takeover. More than three years later, Longstaff is wearing a Leeds training kit as he speaks to The Athletic at the team's pre-season training camp in Germany. As he mulled over the Yorkshire side's advances towards him this summer, he was reminded of how those early weeks of optimism felt after Newcastle's takeover in 2021. Longstaff finished last season and went to team-mate Jacob Murphy's wedding in France in early June. Having grown up in nearby North Shields, he was still deliberating on leaving the club that had been his whole life. Then he went to visit brother Matty, a former Newcastle midfielder himself, in Toronto, where he now plays for the Canadian city's MLS side. While there, he spoke on the phone with the Leeds hierarchy about a transfer. 'It was the whole thing, really. From saying it's so similar to Newcastle in terms of it's a one-club city, the fanbases are so passionate, but it's also what they're building and then how good the squad is already — hopefully what they can add to it,' says Longstaff. Advertisement 'I've seen the videos of the (post-promotion) parade, and the plan for a new stadium. I got a lot of similar feelings to when Newcastle got taken over (in 2021). Sometimes the best time to be at a club is at the start of it all, and you can build with it, you can see the progress and hopefully all the little wins along the way.' The American side of their ownership bore fruit for Leeds, too. Longstaff's father, David, is a UK ice-hockey legend who played more than 100 times for Great Britain during a career that took him and the family around the world. His eldest son, inevitably, loves ice hockey too, but has built a love for all American sports. Larry Nance, a high-profile NBA basketball player who is in the club's ownership group, had actually crossed paths with Longstaff years before. It was an NHL hockey player, though, who properly turned the midfielder's head once the deal was signed. 'He (Nance) messaged me the other day, which was cool,' he says. 'He came to a Newcastle game when DeAndre Yedlin (the USMNT international) was still there. They knew each other. I hadn't really played much at the time, so I was a bit nervous. 'I walked past him with my head down, not knowing, whatever it was, six years later, I was going to sign for a team he's invested in. He just welcomed me and said he was really excited to have me here. 'It was really nice of him, and I remember when I signed and they showed me all the investors, there was Erik Johnson (who won the NHL title with Colorado Avalanche in 2022). My eyes were drawn to the ice hockey player who invested, and that was so cool.' Sports other than football seem to dominate our interview. There is no avoiding this summer's clip of Longstaff taking a wicket when bowling for Tynemouth Cricket Club. He's played for them since he was 11 and uses it as an escape from the world of professional football. Advertisement He has a warning for West Yorkshire cricket sides hopeful of recruiting him for their 2026 summer campaigns. 'I've played there since I was 11,' he says. 'It's always a place I can go back to and no one really looks at you and says, 'It's Sean Longstaff, the footballer'. They say, 'It's Sean Longstaff, the 11-year-old kid who's a bit of a pain sometimes'. I always tried to hide it, to be honest, but as I've got older, there are a few more people taking videos. Now it's like everyone knows it. That's not ideal. 'When I left, all the lads from the cricket club were really happy (for me). They were reminding me I've left Newcastle, but I've not left Tynemouth Cricket Club.' Moving away from home was never going to be easy for Longstaff, and nobody should have expected it to be. His football world was built around St James' Park, and making 214 appearances for his boyhood club is a feat he would have never dreamt of as a child. He says it was unexpectedly emotional departing Newcastle's training camp in Austria to complete his Leeds move. Team-mates Jamaal Lascelles and Nick Pope addressed the entire squad with leaving messages that left them unable to hold back the tears. Dan Burn, one of Longstaff's best friends in football, was another, he says, who was wiping his eyes at the back of the room. Happy as they are for Longstaff to have this new challenge with better prospects of regular minutes, they will miss him. The emotions of that send-off tie in with the mental health aspect of the game, which Longstaff has become associated with. Anyone who has read about him will be familiar with the breakdown he had in front of his father in October 2020 and the subsequent help he sought from a psychologist. It changed his life and will remain a big part of his career, even after this move to West Yorkshire. Advertisement 'It's one of those things I've tried to be open with because it's such a massive topic,' he says. 'Dan Burn was the same. I had loads of good conversations with him. 'I still speak to a psychologist pretty much every day when we're back home and even just for 20 seconds on the phone, whether it's a routine or whatever. It's the same thing with the cricket. You do it because football can be so pressurised, you sometimes need a release, to get away, do things you enjoy and that relax you. I've always found it quite therapeutic being around your friends, but also still being in a competitive environment. 'Football is very up and down. There are times when you feel amazing and times when you feel awful. It's been a massive help to me and probably something I'll do until I retire.' The links back to Newcastle will always be a cornerstone of Longstaff's career. He's even had a post-transfer message from their former manager Rafa Benitez, who congratulated him on taking the leap away from Tyneside. Leeds backup goalkeeper Karl Darlow, of course, knows both clubs very well, having made the same move in summer 2023. 'When I first heard of the interest, he was the first person I texted, and you expect a bit of a response, but I got a five-minute voice note on why I should come (laughs),' Longstaff says. 'It's weird because I remember being an 18 or 19-year-old kid at Newcastle, going into a dressing room and being so scared. 'Karl was one of the senior figures in that dressing room. I've had some amazing trips with Karl. He's watched me grow up, in a way, and gone from being a kid to becoming a dad. He said the other week, 'I didn't realise you were a dad'. I try to keep that as private as possible. 'He's someone I can rely on. It probably helps that he's so well respected within the group, because everyone speaks to him, I'm always there, so you feel a part of the conversation. He's been really good to me so far.' Advertisement Longstaff describes Darlow as a safety blanket for these opening weeks with a new club. Although manager Daniel Farke has methods of bedding all the squad's arrivals in with each other, away from cliques. While captain Ethan Ampadu, Newcastle link Darlow and everyone's best friend Alex Cairns have been fixtures of Longstaff's first week, fellow summer signing Gabriel Gudmundsson has also been someone he has spoken a lot to. The pair were placed next to each other at a meal as part of Farke's seating plan, where the German manager alternates a British player, then a foreign one, then a Brit and so on, around the tables — no cliques, no comfort zones. The all-important Farke phone call is a big step in any Leeds transfer chase. Longstaff says their chat played a big part in his final yes-or-no choice on this move. 'One of the big things when I was deciding whether to come or not. You don't want people just to tell you how good you are, and he didn't,' he says. 'He said nice things, but one of the things that struck me from the conversation was, 'I think I can improve you here, here and here'. 'Straight away, for me, it's not, 'We just want to get him here'. He's obviously had a think and thought, 'This is what I can improve', which was massive for me. 'That was one of the most impressive things. Different managers have different styles, and I really like how he's worked so far. I've really enjoyed it.' Howe and Benitez, Longstaff would say, have had the biggest impact on his senior career to date. He's hoping Farke can make the same mark on this next step in his career.
