Sumlit
San Claudio Bravo
In the end Man City will come in at the last moment to buy Rakitic to add to their collection of Sevilla Captains. We will then hear Cuadrado can be our Di Maria and play in midfieldarty1:
Sounds crazy, but...
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Sounds crazy, but...In the end Man City will come in at the last moment to buy Rakitic to add to their collection of Sevilla Captains. We will then hear Cuadrado can be our Di Maria and play in midfield
FFS stop giving the board more ideas
malvolio
Senior Member
Well most top midfielders have something special from the start. If I understand correctly Barcelona is selling Fabregas and replacing him with Rakitic. So this guy must be first team ready, because Xavi will be benched more often next season. Xavi, Iniesta, Busquest and Fabregas were all special talents from an early age. They didn't burst on the scene at 26 years of age, at Sevilla.
Affiae
Member
I could never appreciate Fabregas for Barcelona. I liked him for the NT or Arsenal but wasn't ever impressed here. Sure, his through passes can be amazing but he always came off rather insecure in ball control, a bit clumsy, slow, not physical, easy to tackle and lose the ball. The ceiling to reach his performance (that'll sound cynical now) isn't that high and I am sure that Rakitic will hit right through it. Now if you'd ask me about the ceiling of replacing Xavi......
Sumlit
San Claudio Bravo
Rakitic just turned 26, and has been a standout at Sevilla for at least 2 seasons, meaning he didn't just "burst on to the scene at 26 years of age." Just because you don't know about a player, it doesn't mean he's not been good or is not being followed.
Barcelona bought Deco at 26 years of age from Porto...
malvolio
Senior Member
I know Rakitic since he played for Schalke. Maybe you should stop questioning my football knowledge and accept that everybody has an opinion.
KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
why did we ever sell Thiago?he would be perfect!
Because Bayern met his buyout. We had no choice.
Knowing a player and following him is different. If you saw Sevilla's matches you would see Rakitic is a hard-working and technically sound midfielder. He is not ideal but he has the potential and ability to slot into the floating pivot role to be vacated by Xavi. And contrary to the popular trend here its not about having WC players in every position its about the players being able to fit and work well together and fulfill their duties in their respective positions
Sumlit
San Claudio Bravo
I question your "Rakitic just burst into the scene at the age of 26" comment, when the player JUST turned 26 and has had 2 very good seasons with Sevilla. I also question your rationale that the player must not be that good if he still playing at a team like Sevilla instead of a big time club.
Paganinisrvnge
New member
Which happened only because Tito decided to start Xavi and Iniesta in meaningless games over him when the league was already won.
He needed to just play a few matches and his buyout would've been raised considerably. He's injury prone anyway, though.
KingMessi
SiempreBlaugrana
Which happened only because Tito decided to start Xavi and Iniesta in meaningless games over him when the league was already won.
Correct me if I'm wrong. His contract not only had a games played clause, but it also mandated that for the game to "count" he would have needed to play a minimum number of minutes in those games. And because of this, even if Thiago had played every match after the league was won, the clause would not have been fulfilled.
I might be wrong, but this is what I recall from last summer.
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