Ghostmaster
Danger Ahead
From what I have seen to far, the Barca defense should be better this year, mainly because of Rakitic. The way he plays the entire field, it's like having an additional DM out there. He's going to take a lot of pressure off the full-time defenders, that will make them look a lot better.
Exactly and he used to play as DM in Sevilla and still plays as DM in Croatia's NT and he adds height to our defense when defending from set pecies as well because he is 184cm and Xavi is only 170cm.