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He wouldn't have stacked that many assists at Barca since he'd have Pique and Mascherano at the other end with the responsibility to finish them. While Ronaldo, Pepe, Ramos and Bale are good in putting those set pieces in the back of the net. Rakitic had a lot of set piece assists last season...

I hope that he starts against Elche. He's been looking confident on the pitch lately and Iniesta would get some rest for the next leg against Atleti.

His best ability in Sevilla was to elevate his game against bigger sides, something that we clearly lacked with Cesc and what is needed for a club like Barca. He always left some great impression against sides like Barca, Madrid and Atleti in his stint at Sevilla. He was a massively underrated...

I have followed him since he came to Sevilla and I do trust him that he'll succeed at Barca. His last two seasons at Sevilla were great and the last season was exceptional. I think he was one the best midfielder in Europe last season. There's a reason Barca, Madrid and Atleti were after him.