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You always want the best – Ter Stegen open to Neymar return

Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is unwilling to speculate on Neymar's future, but admits it would be no bad thing to have the forward back at Barcelona.

Neymar has been tipped to make a sensational return to the LaLiga champions despite leaving in acrimonious circumstances last August in a world-record €222million deal.

"The good thing is that you're the ones who inform," he told Mundo Deportivo. "I don't know what will happen with Neymar. I can only say that I have a good relationship with him.

"In the end, having the best in your team is always good, but I'm not going to get into things like these."

"I'm not thinking about that and I don't want it to be now," he said. "Leo is happy here, he feels comfortable, he's spent his whole life here and we want him to feel comfortable.

"Before the injury, as always, he was in a very good moment. I don't want to think about what will come next, but there is still a lot of time to enjoy him here."

Ter Stegen accepts the loss of Ronaldo has had something of an impact on the form of Madrid, who are winless in five matches, but does not want Barca to become distracted by their rivals' problems.

"So far, they've handled things differently," he said. "They have really good players, but... the truth is I've not seen many Madrid games because we're also on a packed schedule, but of course it's noticed.

"I spoke with [Toni] Kroos during the Germany call-up. We're somewhat better, but we have to focus on ourselves, because that's how we reach 100 per cent."