Ivan is expected to be in Sunday’s line up against Malaga. Below is a translated news article from sevillafc.es:

Gregorio Manzano has this afternoon provided the squad list for tomorrow’s match against Malaga CF in the Sanchez Pizjuan. It is the same as it was against Real Madrid in the Cup, with the exception of Acosta and Escudé.

Most notable is that the two winter signings, Medel and Rakitic are on the list, for what could be their first minutes in La Liga with the shirt of Sevilla FC.

The match is on at 17:00 Sunday 6/2.

FC Sevilla has updated their website with a profile for Ivan and added him to the squad.

To the right is a first look of Ivan with his new team’s shirt.

• Ivan’s profile on Sevilla FC

Via sevillafc.es

Ivan Rakitic has left FC Schalke 04 to join Spanish Europa League contestants FC Sevilla. The Croatian international’s contract with the Royal Blues was set to expire at the end of the current season.

Rakitic joined Schalke in summer 2007 from FC Basel and went on to score 16 goals in 131 appearances for die Knappen. His greatest success in blue and white was a runners-up finish in the Bundesliga last term.

Via Bundesliga.de and Schalke04.de.

More articles regarding his transfer:

• “Sevilla is a great opportunity for my career”
• Rakitic seals Sevilla move

Yesterday marked the last day of Schalke’s training camp on Borkum. Ivan and the team have been there since June 24.

Schalke04.de has an interview up with Ivan, you can read a few translated bits of it below:

Rakitic: No time for second passion

Ivan Rakitic, currently you are and your team mates are in the most intensive training phase of the year. However, you radiate and seem full of beans. Deceptive?
I just feel very good. The training is currently very hard and intense, but it must be as well. Physically I am very well, so I can cope with the units with the highest speed and force. It’s a nice feeling when you know you can survive each exercise and every run. This knowledge gives me security in my head.

You only had tree and a half weeks vacation after extending your season due to the World Cup qualifications. Did you have your feet elevated during that time?
Not really. At first I was a few days with my family in Switzerland, then I spent a little time in Croatia by the sea. There, I’ve kept fit and prepared for the training.

What did you personal preparation look like?
I ran a lot of times and have often played tennis. That is my passion besides football.

Have you found a tennis court on Borkum, where you can pitch between the training sessions?
No, here I renounce my hobby (laughs). After two or three days of intensive training sessions, I would probably crash for eleven hours like John Isner. In the free hours during the day I lie down.

With Croatia you missed the World Cup in South Africa. What feeling is it now to see the tournament on TV?
I have so far only looked at German games. When I think of it, that we are not there with our strong team, it really hurts. I think that we had a good role to play. One sees actually, that with a good performance and a little luck can advance far in the tournament.

Your contract expires next summer. Do you already have plans for the time after July 2011?
Most of all I want to stay in Schalke. I have already told the coach that before my vacation. I like it very well in a club, we are a young and ambitious team and want to achieve together with the fans a long awaited goal. So why should I want to get away? But we are currently in preparation – and there are more important things than my contract.