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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