Ivan Rakitic, a total midfield player for the FC Barcelona

The past summer aimed to cleaning in the FC Barcelona, after a less brilliant season that of habit and several footballers come to less, but the arrival of Ernesto Valverde has served for revitalizar to more than one. Between which have benefited of his landing in the Camp Nou is Ivan Rakitic, that has showed to be the perfect midfield player ask him what ask him.

And it is that the path of the Croat has true merit, because it arrived of a Seville in which it finish playing practically of second tip. When it put the Barcelona T-shirt all changed, since it had to change of register to turn into a creative interior but with the muscle and the sufficient tactical capacity as to contribute in defence. It was the first of his reconversions, at the same time that in the selection also went adapting his requirements.

With the frantic rhythm that imposed Luis Enrique, to Rakitic finish him the petrol, and confessed to have lost in some of the requests of the míster. Of course, to measure that advanced the stage of the Asturian his performance was falling, but arrived another change of the hand of Valverde. In a double pivote beside Sergio Busquets, or even substituting him, is shining again, turned into a total and indispensable footballer to the hour to attack and defend.

The man for everything

And it is that, although it sound to commonplace, Rakitic does it everything well: it is inflando to steal balloons, saves the line like any and thanks to the collective effort allows the luxury of aventurarse to the attack. His numbers do not stop to grow, because it also is an asiduo of goals and assistances. It carries 29 and 27 since it arrived. All what ask him does it, and all does it well.