Aubameyang is a luxury player – Busquets hails Barca new-boy

Carlo Garganese

• 20 Feb 2022 22:00 CST
• 3 min read

Sergio Busquets has hailed the impact of new Barcelona signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after the striker’s double against Valencia.

Aubameyang curled home a clinical finish and then tapped in at the back post for his first two goals as a Barcelona player in the 4-1 win at Mestalla on Sunday.

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The Gabon international joined Barcelona on a free transfer in January from Arsenal.

What did Busquets say?

“Since Aubameyang arrived he’s been working hard,” Busquets told the press.

“We knew he hadn’t played much but this is the second game he’s started.

“He’s a fabulous player and having him in the squad is a real luxury for us.”

Busquets also discussed the game as a whole, and admitted that it was a crucial win for the Blaugrana in their battle to finish in the top four.

“It’s been an important win today,” he added.

“Especially in the first half we were very effective and it gave us the control of the game and the calm to continue playing our style, find free men, and we played a good game in general.

“Valencia are very intense, they play the second ball very well, as was seen in the goal, but afterwards we played well and were faithful to our style and we played a very complete game.”

Barcelona’s next match is on Thursday as they travel to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to face Napoli in the second leg of their Europa League tie.

The two sides drew the first leg in Barcelona 1-1 last week.