He'll be welcomed - Suarez hints Griezmann will join Barcelona

Griezmann, 27, has enjoyed another outstanding season for Atletico Madrid, scoring 27 goals and producing 12 assists in 47 appearances across all competitions to help his side reach the Europa League final and guarantee a top-three place in the Primera Liga.

The 20-year-old has struggled to make an impact in Spain, however, with a hamstring injury forcing him to miss a lot of football in the early stages of his Camp Nou career.

Griezmann has scored 19 goals in 22 games since the turn of the year and continues to be linked with Barcelona, who denied publically in January they had struck a deal to sign the Frenchman.

Luis Suarez appears to have accidentally confirmed that Antoine Griezmann will sign for Barcelona this summer.

"It makes the club proud to bring players of this quality like Antoine, like Dembélé and Coutinho".

For all the tactical quandaries it may bring, Barcelona would surely welcome the dilemma of trying to fit the Atletico frontman into their front line this summer, certainly based on Valverde's most recent comments. Here he is welcome, he doesn't come to take the place of anybody but with the ambition to do important things in the best team in the world. "He will be welcomed".

Barcelona left back Jordi Alba recently acknowledged the manner of their exit but still believes it was a stellar season for him and his teammates as they gear up to face Real Madrid next in El Clasico. "We're not thinking about individual situations", he went on to say. "He's managed the dressing room perfectly".