A lot of people have spoken about the future of Ivan Rakitic in the last few days. If he was making a move to Juventus, if he was involved in 'Operation Neymar'... something is happening with the Croatian as he remained on the bench, without playing a single minute in Saturday's game.
Rakitic was a substitute in the game against Osasuna and Valverde did not even give him a minute during the course of the game. The Barcelona coach preferred Arthur to look for the comeback and Arthuro Vidal to try to find the epic winner at the end.
In conclusion, the former Sevilla player was left on the bench without getting on, as had happened before Betis on the second day. Rakitic had also been a substitute in San Mamés, although there he entered the field and prowled the goal.
The midfielder's lack of participation, taking into account how weak Barca's game was, leaves the footballer's future at Barcelona up in the air.
It has to be noted that the market closes next Monday at 00.00 hours and, until then, Barcelona can find use for the player. In El Sadar, Ansu Fati was the star player for the Catalan team.