Valverde Would have closed the door to the course of Rakitic of the Barça

These last months has spoken a lot of the possible course of Ivan Rakitic of the FC Barcelona. The Croat was not going through a good sportive moment and had interested that they did not want him in the club the next campaign. But little by little his performance was improving and carries something more than a month being one of the most important players of the first staff.

For Ernesto Valverde is a fixed and a safe in the centre of the field. It is the extension of the technician extremeño in a lot of senses and therefore it does not want that it move of the Camp Nou. In fact, the daily Ace aims to that in his renewal did him promise to the FC Barcelona that the midfield player would not leave of the Barça while he was the trainer.

It seems that the club accessed to the demand of Valverde and will not sell to Rakitic in the next market of signings of summer. The ex footballer of the Seville was one of the options that handled the club to do box and can face like this the operations of Frenkie of Jong, Matthijs of Ligt or Luka Jovic with more guarantees, but finally will not be like this.

The international by Croatia is indispensable for the plans of the ex of the Athletic and carries it showing almost two seasons. It is the player that more crashes has played with the extremeño, surpassing to Leo Messi, Gerard Hammered or Sergio Busquets. The Balkan has played 97 meetings to the orders of the 'Txingurri', whereas 'Busi' has played 92 and Leo has played 91.

This campaign only Busquets attains to equalise him in crashes contested. Both have played 42 parties between all the competitions. Gerard Hammered, that has played all the minutes in LaLiga Santander, is the third, with 40. Having this in account, is evident why Valverde want to that it follow and why has done him promise to the Barça that will not sell to the midfield player.

Rakitic Is the third player with more minutes 

Although it is the leader in meetings played, Rakitic is not the footballer with more minutes. This honour corresponds to Gerard Hammered, that has played 7.743 minutes. Luis Suárez, that does not have an acting clear, is the second, with 7.677. In the third position already arrives Rakitic, with 7.546. This campaign, also is the third that more minutes has played, by behind Hammered and of Busquets.