Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I roto i ngā kaitākaro katoa i tūmanako a Manchester City ki te whakatū i te titi whakamutunga ki roto i tō rātou kātene o te Champions League, he tawhiti rawa atu a Ivan Rakitic i te rārangi, engari ko te kaitākaro o mua o Sevilla i whiwhi i te whāinga i te pō o te Rāapa. I konei ka tirohia e MailSport te kaitakawaenga o Croatia i tua atu i te whakaatu i tona uara i tana wa tuatahi i te Nou Camp. He tino pai a Ivan Rakitic ki te whakaeke i te pōro ki runga i a Joe Hart e rere ana ki te tuku i a Barcelona ki te arahi ki a Man City. Ka huri a Rakitic i te pōro ki runga ake i a Hart me te taha o Vincent Kompany kia eke ai a Barcelona ki te 1-0 i te Nou Camp. I tana hainatanga i te raumati he aha te urupare? Kāore he māharahara, engari i whakaarotia he tāpiritanga manakohia mō ngā take e rua <unk> tuatahi e hiahia ana rātou ki ngā kaitakawaenga i muri i te hoko o Cesc Fabregas ki Chelsea me Thiago ki Bayern Munich, me te tuarua ko Rakitic, me tana hoa whenua a Luka Modric, te kaitakawaenga pai rawa atu i La Liga i te tau whakamutunga. He whakapainga ake ia i a Fabregas me Thiago i whakahuatia i mua? He kaha a Thiago ki te noho ko ia te tino pai o te tokotoru engari ko te waimarie whakamataku me nga wharanga kua aukati i tana mahi. He pai ake a Rakitic i a Cesc? Kāore pea, engari he maha ngā āhuatanga ōrite kei a ia, nā reira he whakakapi pai ia. Ko te whakataetae a te kapa Croatia mō te pōro me te kaitakawaenga o Manchester City a James Milner. I kawea a Rakitic ki Barcelona mai i Sevilla mo te £ 14 miriona hei whakakapi i a Cesc Fabregas, i uru atu ki Chelsea. He aha ēnei āhuatanga? He maha nga mea e taea ana e ia te takaro i muri i te kaiwhawhai me te kaute whaainga pera i a ia i tana karapu o mua a Sevilla ka taea e ia te takaro hohonu i mua o te pokapū-whakamuri pera i a ia ano, ahakoa he iti ake mo tana kapa o mua, me tana mahi mo Barça i te Rahoroi kua hipa i Eibar. Ka rite ki tana hoa whenua i Real Madrid Modric, ka taea e ia te tarai, te tuku, me te pupuhi. He kaitākaro waenganui tino pūmau ia. Na wai ia i kawe ki Paniora? I hainatia ia e Sevilla mai i Schalke mo te €2.5m. Ko tētahi atu mahi pūkenga mai i te Kaiwhakahaere hākinakina o te karapu a Monchi nā te mea i roto i te wā poto rawa...
I eke a Ivan Rakitic ki te wikitoria ki a Manchester City i te Wenerei. I uru atu te kaitakawaenga o Croatia ki Barcelona mai i Seville i te raumati o te tau kua hipa mo te £ 14m. I tata a Rakitic ki te whakauru atu ki Chelsea i te 16 engari i whiriwhiri ia mo Schalke. Ka korerotia e Sportsmail nga mea katoa e hiahia ana koe ki te mohio mo te 27-tau-tawhito. PANUI: Ko te kaiako o Bayern Munich a Pep Guardiola e whakanui ana i te tukunga a Rakitic.