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Rakitic excited playing with Barcelona attacking trio

Barcelona signing Ivan Rakitic is excited about their new-look attack.

The Croatia midfielder has hailed the quality of trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.

The 26-year-old said: "I think that these three players are maybe the best players in the world.

"I think from these players we can learn so much.

"We have to work together to be a strong team, a hard team."

Rakitic is keen to get working with former Liverpool striker Suarez and says he is "expecting that he (Suarez) can start soon with us".

Rakitic said: "I think he is one of the best players in the world, so of course, I would like it if he could be with us today or tomorrow.

"I am expecting that he can start soon with us and I hope that he will do the same things for Barcelona like he did for Liverpool."

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