Sevilla confirm Rakitic s termination of contract The player will join Riyadh Youth

Mondo Sports Updated on 2024-02-01

La Liga club Sevilla have confirmed that 35-year-old Croatian midfielder Rakitic has terminated his contract with the club. According to a number of previous ** news, Rakitic will join the Riyadh Youth Club of the Saudi League. Riyadh has Carrasco in their youth squad and Rakitic will be teammates with the former Atletico attacker.

Rakitic came through the Basel academy and went on to play for Schalke 04, Sevilla and Barcelona, reaching the pinnacle of his career with Barcelona. In the summer of 2020, Rakitic left Barcelona and returned to Sevilla.

Sevilla have had a poor season and have now changed managers twice, leaving Rakitic in the squad. Although Rakitic had said in November that he would stay at Sevilla and become the team's vice-captain, the Croatian midfielder finally made the choice to leave after the position was unstable and the Saudi side sent a high-salary offer. According to previous Italian media news, Riyadh youth offered an annual salary of 20 million euros for Rakitic.

During his time at European clubs, Rakitic won 17 trophies, including one Champions League, two Europa Leagues, one UEFA Super Cup, one Club World Cup, four La Liga, four Copa del Rey, two Spanish Super Cups, one German Cup and one Swiss Cup.

On the occasion of farewell, Sevilla FC expressed their gratitude to Rakitic, "The club would like to thank Rakitic, who is one of the most important players in the club's history, for his hard work and dedication over the years, and I wish him success in the future. ”

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