Ivan Rakitić

[PhilS]

Rakitic is in the fifa XI for the first time!

What a crowning recognition for his career!

This year, he is intercepting passes and making successful tackles like he is inside the brains of the opponents. He should be able to play fewer minutes this season, which should allow him to keep up his highest standard of play through winning the CL trophy.

 

[Cule4life]

I'm not sure fifa XI is a crowning achievement seeing that Pique made it there many times

 

[EdmondDantes]

Another poor performance by Raki.


Insipid in possession, defensively 'not there'. I thought he was mentally fatigued with the way he played for Croatia and us so far this season, but it's worse than that. It seems he's mentally spent.

Pique will rightly get most of the supporters' wrath tonight, and while everyone else played bad in the second half, including Busquets, Rakitic was still probably third worst after Gerard and Vermaelen.

 

[Ascom]

How many backpasses today? Is there any %?

Great person, he is okay without ball. But with ball he doesn't have the quality to be a line up at Barça.

 

[pregra]

Hard to imagine that he was an offensive player when he broke through. The way he plays now is the definition of a work-horse.

 

[Vahue]

The invisible man.

 

[Zidane82]

Hard to imagine that he was an offensive player when he broke through. The way he plays now is the definition of a work-horse.

He's a cart horse in that case being the slowest member of the squad

 

[Sorin]

Absolutely invisible. He's burned out. I'm afraid it's all downhill for him. These past 4-5 years have been brutal for him. Doesn't help that discount Mourinho can't coach a solid replacement for him to save his life.

 

[CatalinR10]

maybe he's gassed out ? wouldn't wonder since he's been playing like over 70 games a season since god know's when

 

[Cule4life]

Conveniently BBZ is not here to defend the backpass merchant.

 

[FCB1987]

he's good when he doesn't have to play right wing to fill Messi's space

#changethesystem
#freeMessi
#freeRakitic
#freeDembele

 

[SeloBarca]

There has been clubs offering alot of money for him.
And Barcelona have yet to extend his contract.
Maybe its time next year.

 

[xXKonan]

There has been clubs offering alot of money for him.
And Barcelona have yet to extend his contract.
Maybe its time next year.

Barto poured cold water on the contract extension when he was talking to Onda Cero. Rakitic before was low key begging for one despite him already getting one not too long ago.

Barto fucked up with the clause in Busi's contract but I'm pretty sure he's not going to do it again with Rakitic. I mean if Rakitic was still 27 years old It wouldn't be as bad since he still has a good amount of years left at the top but now? he's 30 years old and will be around 33 years old by the time his deal is up.

 

[Devils]

The difference between his form with Barca compared to Croatia in the summer is staggering.

The EV effect.

Damn.

 

[soul24rage]

As part of a double pivot or even a pivot, he's fine. But being one of the interiors in a 433, he's not that useful