Mourinho identifies Barcelona's player 'most underrated'

Mourinho identifies Barcelona's player 'most underrated'

Former Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho has described Barcelona midfielder, Ivan Rakitic, as one of the 'most underrated' players in the world.

Mourinho stated this following Barcelona's Clasico 1-0 victory over Real Madrid in the La Liga on Saturday.

Mourinho believes that Rakitic has been underrated, even though he doesn't have a big social media presence as Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba.

"I've wanted to say this for a long, long time, for me Rakitic is one of the most underrated players in the world," Mourinho said on beIN SPORTS.

"He's a fantastic player at every level. He does the defensive work on the right side to compensate for [Lionel] Messi. He runs miles.

"In ball possession he's fantastic, he's simple, he's effective. He's one of the most underrated players.

"So I want to finish by saying that because normally we speak about the big names and for me Rakitic [is at that level].

"But he needs to improve his Instagram and social media because in this moment this is very important - this is very important - and he's not very good on that but he's very good on the pitch!"

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