Despite the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo goes through a moment of uncertainty at Juventus, a club that does not want to let him go and with which he has a contract until June 2022. The Portuguese attacker wanted years ago to reinforce that team that he had so much hope for with nothing less than a former member of Barcelona.
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The Portuguese star knew the qualities of said player, due to the different occasions that he faced him with Real Madrid, and the contribution that this could provide to the ‘old lady’ in the fight to get all the tournaments at her fingertips. We are talking about Ivan Rakitic.
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The current element of the Sevilla He sought his departure from the Barça club in 2019, a time when Juventus approached the wheel to let him know their interest. The approach would have been so serious that the ‘chess’ player himself revealed that ‘CR7’ contacted him.
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“Cristiano Ronaldo called me personally to go to Juventus. He was close, even the whole team let me know that they loved me but it was too expensive for them. Barcelona asked 50 million for me,” said the Croatian midfielder in ’24sata’.
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This opportunity was wasted by Barcelona, since Rakitic left the Barça institution the following season and for free. At that time, they also let Arturo Vidal go, an exit that many fans of the club have criticized so far.
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‘Raketa’ played 37 matches with the ‘Nervionense’ shirt in La Liga 2020-2021, of which he scored 4 times. The Croatian player was a vital piece for Sevilla to get fourth place and qualify for the 2021-2021 Champions League.
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