Barcelona Star, Rakitic Speaks On Who Should Win FIFA Best Player Award

Rakitic Describes Messi As Greatest Player Of All Time

Barcelona midfielder, Ivan Rakitic, has revealed who he wants to see win the FIFA Best Player award, he stated that he would love to see that Real Madrid star, Luka Modric lift the award.

Rakitic described Barcelona star, Lionel Messi, as the greatest player of all time.

The list of contenders for the 2018 FIFA Best Player has Modric, his former teammate, Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah.

Rakitic and Modric led Croatia to the final of the 2018 World Cup where they were beaten by France.

“There are seasons that you can be better or not,” Rakitic told Express Sports.

“For me in general the best player of the world and maybe the greatest of all time is Leo Messi. It’s easy, you take a boy, and nine of 10 boys are gonna say the same.

“But I think it was the year of Luka, sincerely, I think it’s something that Leo and all the people know, he [Modric] deserves all the awards.

“Sincerely, if he received the award of the best European player… I don’t know what he has to do to be the best player of the world, with all he did.

“I don’t need to help him as a good friend of him as I’m, he made everything on himself, nobody gave him anything.

“For me it’s clear that it has to be Luka [for The Best award].”