Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos says they would welcome the chance to sign Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid.
The France international has been persistently linked with the LaLiga
leaders and Manchester United despite claiming in the past week that he
has grown tired of the speculation.
Griezmann himself encouraged further talk of a shock move to Santiago
Bernabeu, however, when he admitted that he could not rule out the
prospect of joining the club in future.
And Ramos says the Madrid squad would have no problem embracing the
arrival of the 26-year-old, who scored the equaliser for Atletico in the
1-1 derby draw on Saturday.
"We'll see, these types of signings make a lot of headlines and he's a
great player who's been proving himself for a few years," Ramos told
the media.
"Madrid always opens its doors to great players."
The position of Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has also come under
scrutiny, with the former France star suggesting that his future is out
of his hands despite his side challenging for a league and Champions
League double.
Ramos was unwilling to speculate but made it clear that a failure to win silverware could be decisive.
"I'm not the right person to talk about the coach's future, at the end of the season, titles will decide everything," he said.
Madrid dominated the derby but failed to add to Pepe's header early
in the second half before Griezmann snatched a point, but they were
given a boost in the title race when Barcelona suffered a 2-0 defeat to
Malaga.
Ramos was disappointed with Madrid's result but is now looking
forward to a significant two weeks of the season, with league matches
against Sporting Gijon and Barca plus a Champions League quarter-final
tie with Bayern Munich coming up.
"It will be a final, just like every game between now and the end of
the season if we want to win LaLiga," he said of the Clasico on April
23. "We have to keep scoring three points in each game.
"Atletico's best players were their defenders and goalkeeper, that tells you everything.
"You have to move on, in football there's no time to mourn and the
game against Bayern is another final as we try to reach the last four."
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