Marca: Atlético, number one candidate to sign Rakitic

The next window of traspasos will be the definite to close the exit of Ivan Rakitic, that to his 32 years needs to go back to feel important, something that has not attained like culé in the present season. The FC Barcelona, besides, needs to do box to square the balances -with more reason after the economic impact of the stop by the coronavirus- and free mass salarial, considering transferible to the Croatian.

According to the informations published by the newspaper Marks, the Athletic of Madrid is to day of today the firmest candidate to carry to Rakitic, keeping the interest that has showed by him during the last months. In fact, said half ensures that the past month of February there were meetings between the player and the club colchonero, with a real interest of both parts to joint his ways that to day of today would be still in foot.

Rakitic Is a footballer that could fit to perfection in the philosophy of work and the style of game of Diego Pablo Simeone due to the fact that it combines to perfection his quality with his physical deployment. Besides, it knows perfectly LaLiga Santander and would not have problems of language, by what would be a signing 'galactic' of fast adaptation and immediate performance.

For the current player culé also would be an opportunity of gold the offer of the Athletic of Madrid. It would allow him be still in a very competitive team to European level and that would ensure him be a fixed in the alignments, accompanied in the medullary of other footballers of big level like Saúl Ñíguez or Koke Resurrection. This yes, the newspaper Sport denied the information and ensured that the Croat, in case to be still in LaLiga, only would want to go to the Seville.

Rakitic Has lost leadership

Since it arrived to the FC pertinent Barcelona of the Seville in 2014, Ivan Rakitic turned into a basic piece in the centre of the field, adapting with a big ease to the Barcelona style for combining quality and defensive sacrifice to equal parts. His performance with Luis Enrique was fantastic and, with Ernesto Valverde in the bench, kept on being one of the leaders of the team.

But this season all has changed for the Croat. During the first months of competition, the technician extremeño hardly had he and, when it arrived him the opportunity to play more minutes, showed a worrisome bajón of performance with regard to previous campaigns. With Quique Setién, neither has attained to improve his feelings regarding game neither neither recover the place to title in the medullary.