Ivan Rakitic has been talking about Lamine Yamal after watching the teenager superstar become a key player for Barcelona at the age of 17.
The former Barcelona midfielder also revealed what Xavi once told him about Yamal when the forward was still coming through the ranks at the club.
“I love him not so much for his assists or his magic, but above all because I think he has spectacular football intelligence,” he told ope.
“I remember that when I spoke to Xavi about him for the first time, he said to me: ‘Ivan he is so intelligent that he knows when to stop an attack, when he has to come back, when he has to go around again.