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.

The Croat Ivan Rakitic closes this poker of tarpaulins of the technical director of the Seville. Traspasado By a figure that would surpass the 20 million euros adding the variables, was purchased during the market of winter of the year 2011. His club of origin, the Schalke 04, perceived 1,5 millions for leaving him go.

Adding the total numbers of these operations, the Seville would have paid a bit less than 9 million euros by the four players, and could finish ingresando near of 87,5. The final balance sample that the good eye of "Monchi" has made possible that his club multiplied almost by 10 his initial investment.