{"id":41326,"date":"2025-04-30T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/rakitic-on-lamine-yamal-he-would-not-be-starter-in-our-barca_312403_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:51:08","slug":"rakitic-on-lamine-yamal-he-would-not-be-starter-in-our-barca_312403_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/football\/rakitic-on-lamine-yamal-he-would-not-be-starter-in-our-barca_312403_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Rakitic on Lamine Yamal: \u201cHe wouldn&#8217;t be a starter in our Bar\u00e7a\u201d and this is why"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rakitic praised Lamine Yamal, but made it clear why he would not have been a starter in the 2015 Bar\u00e7a team with Messi, Suarez and Neymar at the helm<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p>Talking about <strong>Ivan Rakiti\u0107<\/strong> means talking about a midfielder fondly remembered by <strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong> and its fans. The Croatian played <strong>310 matches<\/strong>, scored <strong>35 goals<\/strong>, and provided <strong>42 assists<\/strong> during his time at the Catalan club. Those <strong>six seasons<\/strong> were more than enough for him to earn the affection of the cul\u00e9 faithful, who often remember him for the stunning goal he scored against <strong>Tottenham Hotspur<\/strong> in the 2018\/19 UEFA Champions League or the goal he netted in the final in Berlin against Juventus, during the last Champions League won by Bar\u00e7a in 2014\/15.<\/p>  <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">The technique from Rakiti\u0107 \ud83d\udc4c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/en\/sQ4dhEO6Ls\">pic.twitter.com\/sQ4dhEO6Ls<\/a><\/p> \u2014 UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en\/ChampionsLeague\/status\/1675173667754610689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2023<\/a> <\/blockquote> <p>This time, however, <strong>Rakiti\u0107<\/strong>&#8216;s name is back in the spotlight for an unexpected reason. The midfielder gave an interview to the program &#8220;Marcador&#8221; on <strong>Radio Marca<\/strong>, in which he surprised with a statement about <strong>Lamine Yamal<\/strong>, one of the great gems of La Masia. Following a similar line to what <strong>Gerard Piqu\u00e9<\/strong> once said, Ivan stated:<\/p>  <blockquote> <p>&#8220;Piqu\u00e9 is right, Lamine wouldn&#8217;t be a starter in our Bar\u00e7a&#8221;<\/p> <\/blockquote>  <p>Far from underestimating the young winger, <strong>Rakiti\u0107<\/strong> justified his statement by pointing to the historical context of that team:<\/p>  <blockquote> <p>&#8220;At that time, <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/fc-barcelona-the-lrl-is-one-step-away-from-surpassing-the-msn-scoring-record-in-the-champions-league_311469_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/champions-league\/fc-barcelona-lrl-paso-superar-record-goleador-msn-en-champions-league_311469_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/champions-league\/fc-barcelona-lrl-paso-superar-record-goleador-msn-en-champions-league_311469_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"LRL vs MSN: La brutal batalla goleadora de los 2 mejores tridentes del FC Barcelona en Champions\">we had the best attacking trio in history<\/a> with Messi, Neymar, and Su\u00e1rez&#8221;<\/p> <\/blockquote>  <h2>Rakiti\u0107 also praised Lamine Yamal<\/h2>  <p>Although his words could have sparked some controversy, <strong>Rakiti\u0107<\/strong> made it clear how much he values the current Bar\u00e7a player. &#8220;Lamine is incredible&#8230; <strong>I love his boldness, his joy. He has to keep enjoying himself.<\/strong> For me, Lamine is always in my team,&#8221; he assured.<\/p>  <h2>Thoughts on the current Barcelona and future under Hansi Flick<\/h2>  <p>Beyond the <strong>Lamine Yamal<\/strong> topic, <strong>Rakiti\u0107<\/strong> was also asked about the present of <strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong>. Regarding the team&#8217;s chances of <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/calendar-8-matches-that-separate-barcelona-from-treble_312354_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fc-barcelona\/camino-hacia-triplete-8-partidos-separan-barcelona-gloria-absoluta_312354_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fc-barcelona\/camino-hacia-triplete-8-partidos-separan-barcelona-gloria-absoluta_312354_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Camino hacia el triplete: los 8 partidos que separan al Bar\u00e7a de la gloria absoluta\">winning the treble this season<\/a>, he said: &#8220;It&#8217;s difficult, but possible. <strong>This Champions League is wide open, but Bar\u00e7a is still alive.<\/strong> I trust the team, the coaching staff, and the manager. They can achieve it, but they will need their best version.&#8221;<\/p>  <p>The Croatian also commented on the arrival of <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/from-germany-they-consider-hansi-flick-renewal-with-barca-until-2027-closed-when-would-it-be-made-official_312377_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/fc-barcelona\/alemania-dan-por-cerrada-renovacion-hansi-flick-con-barca-hasta-2027-cuando-se-oficializaria_312377_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/fc-barcelona\/from-germany-they-consider-hansi-flick-renewal-with-barca-until-2027-closed-when-would-it-be-made-official_312377_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Desde Alemania dan por cerrada la renovaci\u00f3n de Hansi Flick con el Bar\u00e7a hasta 2027, \u00bfcu\u00e1ndo se oficializar\u00eda?\">Hansi Flick to Bar\u00e7a\u2019s bench<\/a>: &#8220;You have to congratulate the club for betting on him, he has brought personality to the team.&#8221;<\/p>  <p>Even so, <strong>Rakiti\u0107<\/strong> confessed that he would have liked to see <strong>Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> stay one more year at the helm of the team. &#8220;I would have liked Xavi to stay, honestly, but the team has taken a step forward,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rakitic praised Lamine Yamal, but made it clear why he would not have been a starter in the 2015 Bar\u00e7a team with Messi, Suarez and Neymar at the helm Talking about Ivan Rakiti\u0107 means talking about a midfielder fondly remembered by FC Barcelona and its fans. The Croatian played 310 matches, scored 35 goals, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":17537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,452],"tags":[278],"class_list":["post-41326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-2","tag-ivan-rakitic"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rakitic on Lamine Yamal: \u201cHe would not be a starter in our Bar\u00e7a\u201d.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rakitic praised Lamine Yamal, but explained why he would not play for Bar\u00e7a in 2015. 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