Bravo and Griezmann played together at Real Sociedad before their respective departures in 2014, and the Frenchman has gone from strength to strength at Atleti but is now being linked with a possible move elsewhere, per Sky Sports’ Spanish football expert Guillem Balague.
Clearly, Bravo would be happy to see Griezmann move to the Camp Nou and indicated that he is good enough to excel at Barca, per Espacio Reservado (via Goal.com's Tom Beck):
I was pleasantly surprised by him. I had him at home, I advised him, and I was tugging at his ears when I saw he was leaving. He has done well, he has matured quickly and he has understood the way to work and look after himself. He was very restless, but is now a world-class player. He has the ability to play at Barca.
Bravo and Griezmann played together at Real Sociedad before their respective departures in 2014, and the Frenchman has gone from strength to strength at Atleti but is now being linked with a possible move elsewhere, per Sky Sports’ Spanish football expert Guillem Balague.
Clearly, Bravo would be happy to see Griezmann move to the Camp Nou and indicated that he is good enough to excel at Barca, per Espacio Reservado (via Goal.com's Tom Beck):
I was pleasantly surprised by him. I had him at home, I advised him, and I was tugging at his ears when I saw he was leaving. He has done well, he has matured quickly and he has understood the way to work and look after himself. He was very restless, but is now a world-class player. He has the ability to play at Barca.
Meanwhile, Andoni Zubizarreta, a former player and sporting director at the Camp Nou, has insisted that Neymar—who was brought to the Camp Nou during his stewardship—is happy at Barca.
There has been some speculation surrounding the Brazil captain's future as he thrashes out a new deal with Barcelona, but Zubizarreta was adamant the 23-year-old is perfectly content, per Cadena Cope (via Dom Farrell of Goal.com): "Neymar is happy at the club. Very, very, very happy at the club."
And so he should be. Neymar has, in the last year, won La Liga, the Champions League, the Cop del Rey and the Club World Cup, while his partnership with Messi and Suarez has gone from extraordinary to unprecedented, per Barca's website.
Barcelona remain arguably the best club side in the world, and on a personal level, Neymar is enjoying the best season of his career, having notched 16 goals and nine assists in 17 league games, per WhoScored.With Neymar satisfied, Barca have been on the lookout for a player who can provide cover in attack for the current forward trio, but their long-term pursuit of Celta Vigo's Nolito looks to have hit a wall.
Per Lluis Mascaro of Sport, Barca made a final offer to Celta to sign the 29-year-old forward on loan for the rest of the season with an option to buy at the end of the campaign, but the bid was rejected.
The report indicates that Nolito was manager Luis Enrique's top target but, having failed to snap him up, Barca will now make no new additions in January.
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