Signing to Rakitic was a success: he leaves with 13 titles and a big performance

Already it is official. Ivan Rakitic will leave the FC Barcelona to return to the Seville, the club where ploughed a name in Spain and in Europe, and of the which him fichó the Barcelona group so that it completed six seasons in which it has participated in some gestas historical of the club: it goes with 13 titles, goals and unforgettable parties, as his targets in the Classical and in the final of Berlin against the Juventus.

The Swiss-Croat has remained in the FC Barcelona from 2014 until this 2020; six campaigns that have served him to play the friolera figure of 310 parties, in which it annotated 35 goals and delivered 42 assistances in spite of treating of a midfield player more than containment and creation that no of arrival to the contrary area, at least during the last seasons under the control of Ernesto Valverde, first, and of Quique Setién afterwards.

21.547 minutes played in total, an average of 70 by party, with 59,5% of dribblings completed successfully and 53,8% of duels won against his opponents, especially to the hour to recover the balloon after loss. Rakitic Leaves the FC Barcelona having conquered a Champions League, four Leagues, four Glasses of Rey, three Supercopas of Spain, a Supercopa of Europe and a World-wide of Clubs.

It can that some do not put it in value, but fits to remember that Rakitic cost to the FC Barcelona little more than 20 million euros, what converts him without place to doubts, with the numbers in the hand, in one of the best signings of the Barcelona club in the last years, so much by performance as by professionalism.

Rakitic, an example of professionalism

Never it raised the voice neither caused problems in the changing room culé, although in the two last seasons his leadership saw notably reduced after the signings of Arturo Vidal, Arthur Melo and Frenkie of Jong. The Croatian midfield player followed contributing his work when had the opportunity, and to his 32 years finalises the most successful stage of his career to go back to a Seville that will receive him with the open arms.

It is what have the legends: that they win to pulse the affection of the fans, and Rakitic will be always applauded so much in the Sánchez Pizjuán as in the Camp Nou. The Croat will give a press conference this Wednesday in the morning, to the 11 hours, to sack of the barcelonismo. In spite of the last sportive tragedies of the club, players like him have to go out always by the big door.