Barça rejects the first formal offer for Rakitic

That Ivan Rakitic is on the starting ramp of Fútbol Club Barcelona is an open secret. Both parties, both the club and the footballer, share the idea that the Croatian’s time at the Camp Nou has been consumed. The player is tremendously unhappy with how this start of the season is taking place and the treatment he is receiving from Ernesto Valverde, with whom he was previously indisputable and is now forgotten. Europe, the same one that has been interested in the situation of the Balkan since the end of last season. According to Sport, the first firm proposal by Rakitic would have arrived at the Barça offices. According to the Catalan media, a Premier League club would have put 15 million euros on the table to remove the Croatian from Barcelona, an offer that the culé team would have already rejected for being insufficient and being very far from the slice that They hope to get out. Barça currently has the Croatian valued at around 35 million euros, which is the figure for which they would be willing to let the midfielder go, who does not see at the moment another way out for his happiness, without minutes with Valverde. Turin Juventus has long been Rakitic’s number 1 goal of leaving Spain, despite the rumors that have circulated of a possible Atlético interest, the mattress team has difficult to square a player like the Balkan in their plans for his high salary, due to his problems with the salary limit. From the Catalan club they hope to make money this winter with some of the players that Valverde is not counting on, such as Rakitic or Aleñá or Riqui Puig.From their departures and what can be obtained from them would be part of the budget for the next summer market, since it is expected that they will not be registered in this month of January, which is just around the corner. Juve is the best positioned at the moment to give shelter to the Croatian, due to the interest that exists between all parties.