Croatian website Index.hr, has reported that Liverpool and Juventus have both added their names to the list of clubs that are looking to add Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitić. Inter Milan has been looking at Rakitić very seriously since summer.
So it looks like Schalke, who just beat FC Porto 1-0 in the Champions League quarterfinal first leg, will be losing Rakitič sometime this summer. I would guess shortly after Euro 2008. May the highest bidder win!
Well Rakitic’s stock is at an all-time high right now. I know he will obviously stay with Schalke until the end of this season, but money talks- so if Ivan and Schalke get the right price for him to transfer to a big club, I’m sure there’s a loophole in the system to make everyone happy and get the transfer done as soon as this summer.
Inter called Rakitic. His contract with Schalke expires 2011, for the year 2009 he has an exit clause. With luck one more season for Schalke, if not they get rich.