Negredo not excluding joining Barcelona

Asked if he would be willing to join Barcelona (read more here), Almería forward Alvaro Negredo (23) has said in an interview with Spanish online newspaper Diario Siglo XXI that he doesn't exclude the option:

"I'm not closing the door for anything. Barça is a big club and football players want to play at the best teams and Barça is one of them... Can they be stopped? Yes... but not at this moment (laughs). It's clear that the way they are playing is incredible. They have the treble within reach.

I don't know where I will play next season. Real Madrid has an option to buy me back, although I don't know if they will use it. I also will have to look at the different options. If Madrid wants me back just to use me in another transfer deal, it should also be in my interests. I can only say that I have three games left this season and no better way to end my stay here than winning three times."

Read more:
Almeria wants Bojan on loan next season
Barcelona monitoring promising players
Almeria's Diego Alves to rival Valdes


Watch a video of Negredo here:

Barcelona monitoring promising players

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona's technical department is constantly monitoring a group of promising football players.


The list of footballers who are monitored would include the following players:

Sergio Asenjo (Valladolid - 19)
José Angel 'Cote' (Sporting Gijón - 19)
Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow - 18)
Filipe (Deportivo La Coruña - 23 picture)
Gervinho (Le Mans - 21)
Bafétimbi Gomis (Saint-Etienne - 21)
Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux/AC Milan - 22)
Hernanes (São Paulo - 23)
Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao - 20)
Keirrison (Palmeiras - 20)
Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen/Bayern München - 18)
Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao - 24)
Nicolás Lodeiro (Nacional - 20)
Alvaro Negredo (Almería - 23)
Neymar (Santos - 17)
Ricardo Noir (Boca Juniors - 22)
Miralem Pjanic (Olympique Lyon - 19)
Luis Suárez (Ajax - 22)
Lucas Viatri (Boca Juniors - 22)
Walter (Internacional - 19)


(click a player or his label below to know more about him being linked with Barcelona or to see a video about him)