Ivan Rakitic has made sense of why Argentine legend Lionel Messi wasn't the ideal chief at Barcelona.
What was the deal?
The Croatian midfielder, who played with Messi at Barcelona from 2014 to 2020, guaranteed the footballing legend wasn't awesome at telling you 'what you had do to' while he captained the club.
Messi was given the armband for three seasons from 2018 to 2021 following Andres Iniesta's leave, where he directed his side to the La Liga title in 2019.
WHAT RAKITIC SAID
"Messi is the most incredible ever, and in the event that he set his attention to it, he could be the best left back on the planet assuming he needed to!" he said through Diario AS.
"Despite the fact that he was once in a while not the most ideal commander to let you know what you needed to do, that was on the grounds that he was novel and unique."
THE Master planThe two players have since continued on from Barcelona, with Messi leaving in 2021 to join Ligue 1 monsters Paris Holy person Germain. The World Cup champ presently plays in MLS with Entomb Miami - where he was given the captaincy in 2024.
In the interim, Rakitic got back to his previous club Sevilla subsequent to heading out in different directions from the Camp Nou. Prior to becoming one of numerous players in the nightfall of their vocations to acknowledge a rewarding proposal from the Saudi Star Association, where he addresses Al-Shabab.
WHAT NEXT FOR RAKITIC?Al-Shabab, who are 10th in the SPL, face Karim Benzema's Al-Ittihad side on Friday night. Their next apparatus will be played on May 4 against thirteenth put Al-Raed.
Somewhere else, Messi is partaking in an amazing beginning to the MLS lobby as Miami presently sit top of the Eastern Meeting with 18 focuses across the initial ten games. The previous Barcelona man has seven objectives and six aids six appearances.
