Hours before the FC Barcelona face a new big challenge this season 2016-17, against the Manchester City in UEFA Champions League, is moment to remember that the best footballer of the world, Leo Messi, finds fortunately in the rows of the Barcelona.

Ivan Rakitic and the rest of his mates in the Barça are regocijados with this, but being conscious also that the Argentinian star will not be evermore the best of all, but it will need a relief so much in the Barça as in the panorama futbolístico international. In this point, the Croatian midfield player has very clear who will be this substitute, as it has desvelado in an interview conceded to the "Hundistan Times".

"Neymar And Messi are different. If we speak of now, there is not doubt, that Leo Messi is the best. Nevertheless, I am sure that if it is still in this line, Neymar will turn into the next better player of the world. It is very young and has a lot of years by in front to play. We go to enjoy a lot with both in the next years", has commented Rakitic, in no uncertain terms.

"If it is still in this line, Neymar will turn into the next better player of the world"

In fact, more than a mate of Neymar Jr has ensured that in the next years the Brazilian will relieve to Leo Messi like the best player of the world, since Rafinha Alcántara also pronounced in this regard days backwards.

For the moment, Rakitic congratula with the fact to be able to play in the same team that "Ney" and Messi. "Only with being in the changing room already learn a lot of them. Anybody gives you at all when you arrive to a changing room, neither anybody says you are the best. They work hard, do it in all the parties and in the trainings".

And, simultaneously, it regrets the injury of Andrés Iniesta, that leaves a gap in the left interior that still Denis Suárez and André Gomes do not have the sufficient progression as to fill. "We need his presence, throw to be missing his football, but the football has these things, there are injuries. Players like Iniesta are only. It is not easy to have to another player of his level".