Barcelona Midfielder, Ivan Rakitic Set To Rejoin Sevilla––According to Goa.com, Ivan Rakitic will leave Barcelona to make a return to Sevilla this week after reaching an agreement with the club over a contract.
The Genius Media Nigeria reports that the Croatian midfielder will sign a two-year deal with an option for a third that will see him earn €3 million (£2.7m/$3.6m) per season, a significant cut in his salary from the €8m (£7m/$9.6m) he earned in his final year at Camp Nou.
Croatian professional footballer spent three years with Sevilla and made 149 appearances in all competitions, winning the 2013-14 Europa League before making the switch to the Catalan giants in 2014.
After a successful six years with the Blaugrana, in which he lifted four La Liga and Copa del Rey titles as well as a Champions League crown and the Club World Cup, he will return after the two clubs came to an agreement over a nominal fee.
Just three weeks ago, Sevilla sporting director Monchi dismissed the club’s chances of bringing Rakitic back to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan this summer, saying: “It looks difficult to me, if not impossible. It is so complicated economically that I do not see it.”
The 32-year-old has made no secret of his affinity for the Andalusian side, however, and even celebrated their recent Europa League final victory by jumping into his swimming pool fully clothed during an interview.
He had previously been linked with a transfer to Juventus before reports of a possible move back to Sevilla emerged in recent months, but the former Schalke star said as recently as June that he would remain at Barca, where he had one year left on his contract.
