Intro:

Barcelona Summer signing Ivan Rakitic spoke to the media on Tuesday (July 29th) as the Catalan giants continued to train at St. George's Park in England.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ivan Rakitic, Barcelona midfielder:

"I like to speak about my players (team-mates). I like to speak about Luis (Suarez). I think he is one of the best players in the world, so of course.... I would like that he can stay tomorrow or today with us, but I think this is, this other part, I don't have to speak about it, but of course, I am expecting that he can start (training) soon with us and I hope he will do the same things in Barcelona like in Liverpool."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Ivan Rakitic, Barcelona midfielder (on Barcelona attacking trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar):

"I think that, you told now everything, these three players are maybe the best players in the world, so.... the other players, I think we have to be (train) with them. I think that we, from the three players, we can learn so a lot. So, we have to arrive with them, we have to do our best, but I think the team is not only these three players. So.... every player has to work in his position, so if these three players are better, we will also be better. So, we have to work together to be a strong team, to be a hard team, and so we are expecting that they will be with us next week and yes, we can start to work together."