"We want healthy and ready players, Ivan Rakitic at the moment is not one hundred per cent ready for the game so unfortunately we go without him. "We've got [Nikola] Vlasic, [Mateo] Kovacic ...

Luka Modric was “Pirlo” and Ivan Rakitic “Rui Costa,” with Dinamo Zagreb’s Marcelo Brozovic and Internazionale’s Mateo Kovacic (injured in the first half of the game and replaced by ...

There has also been interest from Inter Milan, and Rakitic's agent ... Sarri recently backed on-loan midfielder Mateo Kovacic to fill in for Fabregas for the rest of the season.

Rakitic, 30, has played 102 games for Croatia, but Dalic said they have players capable of filling in. "We will see who will replace him. We have [Mateo] Kovacic, we have [Josip] Brekalo ...

They may be club rivals in LaLiga, but Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic and Ivan Rakitic are all stars of the Croatian national team's midfield, and they all attended Miami Heat's victory over the New ...

Mateo Kovacic scored his first La Liga goal ... target for Barcelona said that he had no doubt another countryman, Ivan Rakitic, would come through a difficult period of form which has seen ...

the mobile Ivan Rakitic, who has just helped Sevilla to the Europa League title, and in the No 10 role, Internazionale’s exciting 20-year-old Mateo Kovacic. Croatia have the ability to keep the ...

Immediately after his penalty went in Rakitic was mobbed by his team-mates ... Igor Akinfeev stopped one - a fabulous low save from Mateo Kovacic. But in the end that was irrelevant.

Real Madrid loanee Mateo Kovacic has impressed when asked to fill in for Jorginho recently. And boss Sarri feels Rakitic’s compatriot is proving to be very adept at controlling the play from deep.

“It’s true that we had an incredible group, especially in the first few years,” Rakitic explains. “2014, 2015, 2016 – those were our best years.” Recommended Who will win Ballon d’Or 202 ...

Ivan Rakitic believes Barcelona will beat Paris Saint-Germain (Photo by Mateo Villalba/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) Sevilla star Ivan Rakitic is backing his former side Barcelona to overcome ...