Barcelona legend set for Chelsea move, Real Madrid's new top targets and more La Liga News – 17th November 2018

Ivan Rakitic suffers a hamstring injury

Barcelona have confirmed that Ivan Rakitic has suffered a hamstring injury on international duty. The Croatian is reportedly set to be out for 2-3 weeks.

Rakitic pulled his semimembranosus muscle in his right leg during Croatia’s win over Spain. Now, the midfielder is set to miss matches vs PSV and Villarreal as well. He was already suspended for the trip to Atletico Madrid.

Reports suggest that he will return for Barcelona the Catalan derby on December 8th.

De Jong becomes Barcelona 'priority'

Barcelona are keen on signing Frenkie De Jong as they see him as heir to Sergio Busquets. Mundo Deportivo claim that the Catalan side will go all out to sign the Dutchman as soon as possible.

Ajax are keen on keeping him at the club for a long time but have now decided that they are ready to sell him. The club's sporting director, Marc Overmars said, "It will be a difficult job to keep them."

Gerard Pique to join Chelsea?

The big rumour of the day, Gerard Pique has decided that he does not want to end his career at Barcelona. Don Balon, the infamous Spanish publication, claims that the defender is in constant touch with Cesc Fabregas and Pedro and is looking to move back to England.

The report claims that defender wants to play in the Premier League once again and London is his prefered destination. With Gary Cahill reportedly set to leave in January, will Pique be his replacement?