Rakitic: "Go to the Barça is a big step in my career"

In press conference and in spite of being fully concentrated in the World-wide of Brazil 2014, in which Croatia still has possibilities to classify for eighth, Ivan Rakitic has done a bracket to speak for the first time of his recent signing by the Barça, club in which it expects to give it everything to remain during a lot of years. "Mudarme To Barcelona is a big step for my sportive career. I want to give the thanks to the Barça for being just in the negotiations, that have left satisfied to the Seville", has signalled, adding that the Seville "is my club and saddens me leave it".

The Croatian midfield player only has accessed to answer to a question related with the FC Barcelona, but has complemented his answer adding that "I have happened three wonderful years in which I have married me, have had a daughter and have lived an excellent personal stage". Now, in spite of that it does not have cuajado big performances against Brazil and Cameroon, is had to help to the maximum to his selection to arrive as far as possible in the World-wide. It will arrive to the Barça to reinforce the centre of the field after the exits of Cesc Fábregas and very probably of Xavi Hernández.

Rakitic, the fourth signing of "Monchi" that arrives to the Barça

The international Croat Ivan Rakitic will be the fourth player of the Seville that will dress the T-shirt of the Barça since Ramón Rodríguez "Monchi" accessed to the charge of sportive director of the Andalusian club. In the last years, his work to discover talent at good cost and take out the maximum benefit to his game has allowed to the team sevillano obtain big profits with some of his players. The first in arriving to the Barça was Seydou Keita. In May of 2008, the Barcelona club paid his clause of rescission of 14 million euros. The Seville had purchased to the midfield player of Mali the previous summer to the Lens French by 4 million euros. 

Dani Alves Followed to his mate some weeks afterwards. The cost of the traspaso to the FC Barcelona was of some 36 millions more some variables that hacieron go up the total until some 40 millions. The Seville had paid in 2002 half million of euros by his cession and 850.000 more by his rights to the Esporte Clube Bahia. Adriano Correia was, in the summer of 2010, the first signing with Sandro Rosell like president of the Barcelona club, that paid 9,5 fixed millions more 4 in variables. The Andalusians had hired his services in January of 2005 after paying 2,1 million euros to the Coritiba.