Barcelona and Sevilla negotiate over Ivan Rakitic
The Blaugrana want to get rid of the Croatian to free up space in the squad
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Ivan Rakitic is one of the players that Ronald Koeman is not counting on for next season. He's on the for-sale list at Camp Nou, and has a year left to run on his deal.
Barca are negotiating with Sevilla, his former side, over a possible exit. He arrived for 18m euros back in the 2014-15 season. Six years later he is more than amortized, both economically and in a sporting sense too.
Barca have accepted that they will not get a fee for the player.
Instead Barca would like Sevilla to give them an option on some of their players, in the case they are transfered - including Diego Carlos and Jules Kounde, the centre-backs.
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