Ivan Rakitić

[Devils]

He has been disastrous today.

I'll reserve my judgement until he plays for us though.

 

[KingMessi]

He has been disastrous today.

I'll reserve my judgement until he plays for us though.

He assisted. Fucking stupid by Kovac to play him as a dm.

 

[Frejsgodes]

Had an assist to close out his WC.

At least we'll get him in early.

 

[Trickykid]

in that defensive role for Croatia he has been garbage all World Cup. He works hard but hes not even close to being a defensive midfielder and if he is hes trash.
Such an underwhelming signing.

What does his role at the national team have to do with him being an underwhelming signing? I don't expect that you honestly think he'll be played as a DM in Barca, do you?

 

[Luftstalag14]

No one else could play DM for Croatia? Amazing.

 

[Alarcón]

His passing is excellent. He was never going to be a DM for us so his performances in this WC should be taken with a grain of salt. He is bad when someone is running towards him but he is great when coming from behind to steal the ball which is exactly what we need from a CM at Barca.

The thing I'm worried about is his handling of the ball under pressure but we'll see how that pans out here. For 18m+bonuses there's not much that can go wrong.

 

[BarcaGirl]

Kovac That's all I'm gonna say.

 

[Flavia]

So he'll start pre-season early, this is good.

 

[Sumlit]

He is a good player, his skillset will come very handy for Barca.

Totally wasted at the WC playing as a deep pivot, but you can see his talent and his skill.

 

[Messi_Goal]

What does his role at the national team have to do with him being an underwhelming signing? I don't expect that you honestly think he'll be played as a DM in Barca, do you?

I hope he doesn't play dm even if its along side Sergio.

 

[Messi_Goal]

Don't get me wrong I think he is a very good player but he should be nowhere near the dm position.
If he is played as an AM then good signing if not then its a underwhelming one.

 

[Sumlit]

Don't get me wrong I think he is a very good player but he should be nowhere near the dm position.
If he is played as an am..good signing if not then its a underwhelming one.

He'd be good as AM, CM and second DM/holding midfielder role next to a defensive mid like Busi. He is better as a help defender than an anchor. He needs some freedom to gallop forward and join the attack.

Playing him as a pure defensive pivot deep infront of the 2 CBs is a massive waste of his talents. Massive waste.

 

[Stric]

This is no surprise. Rakitić was never good as a DM for Croatia. He was criticized on pretty much every single occasion. His best performances came when he played LAM/RAM/CAM.

 

[eye-switcher]

Doesnt impress me at all, nice heel assist, other than that almost invisible

 

[Gaudi]

Don't judge Rakitić based on WC, you can only judge Kovač for that