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Halilovic happy at Hamburg

Alen Halilovic says he is not bothered by a possible return to Barcelona at season's end, claiming he is happy with his new surrounds at Hamburg.

Hamburg paid €5million to claim the Croatian international’s signature on a permanent deal in July, but Spanish champions Barca kept a buy-back clause, with the option for a €3m fee after at least one season.

"I'm not thinking about whether Barca is going to exercise their buy-back option. I’m only interested with the here and now," he said.

"At the moment everything is excellent. I’ve been received very well, and I have team-mates who speak Croatian which helps greatly," he said.

"I’ll continue to concentrate only on football, and consequently work, the reason I signed for Barcelona in the first place."

"I like to play and isolate one-on-one, and to gamble a little when passing, similarly to [Lionel] Messi."