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IVAN RAKITIC
Anchored by the central midfielder, Ivan Rakitic has just won a brilliant 2018 season, which allowed the 31-year-old to win a double league and cup with Barcelona and reach the World Cup final with the Croatia.
The midfielder won the Champions League in his first season at Nou Camp in 2015, though since then, the first prize of European football has been held firmly by Real Madrid until this season.
Before Wednesday's game, Rakitic spoke of the respect he has for United, having grown up watching Sir Alex Ferguson's teams thrive in the face of national and European competition. "Manchester United was the main team,
" he said. "
It was United and 19 other teams – mostly because of Alex Ferguson, perhaps the greatest coach in football history. I watched David Beckham, the attackers Yorke and Cole. Giggs, Scholes and later Ferdinand, Vidic and van der Sar. "
The Croatian, a member of the Barcelona team who completed a miraculous turnaround against Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, admitted that he and his teammates had witnessed the great return of United to the Parc des Princes during the last leg of the competition.
"We have to respect United for this return, to have scored three goals in Paris, for the organization and to fight in the team with so many young players and a new coach. We all watched this match in Barça.
Read the full interview with Ivan Rakitic in the latest issue of United Review.
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