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Ernesto Valverde expects a quick impact from € 224 million the Antoine Griezmann trio, Frenkie de Jong and Neto in Barcelona.
The star of France Griezmann became champion of La Liga third big signing of the closing season last Friday, after Barca paid his release clause of 120 million euros to Atletico Madrid. De Jong had agreed to move to Camp Nou in January for an initial amount of 75 million euros, after being courted by several European personalities, due to remarkable events for the semi-finalists of the Champions League, Ajax.
The goalkeeper Neto was signed in June for 29 million euros, to which must be added 9 million euros, Jasper Cillessen went the other way in Valencia for 35 M € in total. Such a costly expense has created great expectations for Griezmann and De Jong in particular, and the boss of Barca Valverde hopes to see them take off.
"These are three important signatures," he told Barca TV. "Of course, we expect a lot, they excited our fans and what we want them to do is enter the dynamics of the team and play at their level. [De Jong] last year and in recent years has played at a high level, as well as his entire team. We hope that it will give us new energy in the midfield, which can only benefit us. We build for the future and he has years ahead of him. This is a quality player. He has a bit of our style of play in it.
"[Griezmann] is a player who quickly fills the gaps and who is decisive in approaching the goal and we know how much is worth such a player and what it will bring you back. We have high hopes for him because he is young but with the experience and this leads us to expect from him that it happen right away. Neto is also an experienced player, an insurance policy in his goals and we think it's an ideal complement to Marc-André ter Stegen. "
Valverde accepts the pressure is on Barca to fight on all fronts once again, with the victory of last season's league title overshadowed by a final defeat ofA humiliating exit in the semi-finals of the Champions League in Liverpool.
"We have challenges, like any other year, and we also need to win everything, win all the time, excite our fans"There is nothing else for Barca," he says. except try to win all the competitions we participate in, win all our games and stay true to our style. "
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