Former Croatia midfielder Rakitic retires aged 37

Broken-down Croatia world Ivan Rakitic, who spent much of his profession with Barcelona and Sevilla, announced his retirement from football on Monday on the age of 37.

“Football, you gave me larger than I ever dreamed of. You gave me traffic, emotions, joy and tears,” Rakitic wrote in a letter reflecting on his profession on social media.

“Now it’s time to reveal goodbye. Because despite the indisputable truth that I lumber away from you, I know you’ll never lumber away from me. Thank you, football. For all the issues.”

Rakitic, who started his profession with Basel and later moved to Schalke, performed 106 instances for Croatia and began his nation’s World Cup closing loss to France in 2018.

He was as soon as allotment of Barcelona’s treble-successful side in 2015 and twice obtained the Europa League with Sevilla.

Rakitic had a transient spell with Saudi membership Al Shabab remaining one year ahead of 1 closing season at Hajduk Ruin up.