Valverde: Arturo Vidal? There are players who enrich the style LaLiga - Barcelona Defended the Chilean

Despite capturing Arturo Vidal from Bayern Munich, a player that Ernesto Valverde believes can enrich Barcelona's style, the coach left open the possibility of more midfield signings.

The Chilean is being seen by many as a replacement for Paulinho.

"He looks like a warrior," Valverde said, in his pre-match press conference for his team's game against Milan at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara (San Francisco).

"We hope he will give us energy in the midfield, he has proven experience and quality, and he's a different profile, similar to Paulinho.

"Last year there were people who criticised Paulinho's signing without seeing him for a minute, and then saw that there is room for many types of players in this team.

"It's true that there are some who set the style and others who enrich it when they arrive, Abidal was an example of that, as he arrived with a different style and adapted.

"It's about enriching the style, not considering something as bad because it deviates one millimetre from the club's DNA."

Paul Pogba is another name that is being mentioned in dispatches, the Frenchman part of a Juventus squad, along with Vidal, that lost the 2015 Champions League final to Barcelona.

"Pogba is a great player who is in a great team," the coach continued.

"We are respectful of the players who are in other clubs, I don't want to go into the evaluations of other football players.

"I don't have the key to close and open doors [in the transfer market], but we are Barcelona and we are open, like all clubs in the world, to improve our team in the time frame we deem appropriate.

"I'm not sure what will happen from here until the end of the market but it would be foolish to say that everything is closed."

That might not be music to the ears of Rafinha who has had an excellent pre-season so far.

"He is having a good pre-season," Valverde added.

"But we have to see how the team ends up, what he thinks and what the club thinks about his situation."