Official: Rakitic leaves "Schalke" and moves to "Sevilla" © EuroFootball.com

He signed a contract with the safe Ivan Rakitić for a year and a half, which he bought for 1.5 million euros from the Gelsenkirchen club.

The 22-year-old footballer was interested by Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Juventus from Turin, but he himself decided to continue his career in Seville.

The Croatian born in Switzerland played for three years in Gelsenkirchen. In the new team, he is unlikely to debut in the Saturday match against Deportivo La Coruna.

Sevilla also hopes to shake hands with Chilean Gary Medel.