Atletico Madrid are at the Forefront in Bringing in Ivan Rakitic

DBasia.news –  Atletico Madrid, reportedly became the front team to bring in the Barcelona midfielder to Wanda Metropolitano. The Croatian midfielder’s contract will expire this season.

Reporting from Marca, on February 20 or two days after Atletico defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the Champions League, Rakitic met with several Atletico representatives to agree on a number of things such as the duration of the contract and salary.

Rakitic’s priorities remain in Spain despite having to leave Barcelona. This has made Atletico confident to beat a number of interested parties such as Juventus, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), and other English clubs.

This is not the first time Rakitic has been linked with leaving Barcelona. Rumors of his departure have been airing since the start of the season when Ernesto Valverde was more often reserved and strengthened in the January transfer window.

The transfer did not materialize due to a number of problems, Rakitic also began to receive a chance to play under Quique Setien. However, seeing the conditions of Barca’s crowded squad and the presence of Frenkie de Jong, the departure of Rakitic is still very likely to occur.

Rakitic’s contract will expire in June 2021 and Barcelona has not given a signal in extending the Croatian midfielder’s contract.

The future of rakitic is also gradually becoming clearer. Atletico Madrid coach, Diego Simeone, also does not object if Rakitic fills the midfield in his squad to add quality, depth and playing experience.