Although Barcelonismo has forgotten about Arda Turan, the Turkish player is still technically their property. The midfielder, on loan at Basaksehir, gave an interview to the Turkish edition of CNN about his time at the club.
"Messi is a close friend of mine," said Arda.
"I still have contact with Neymar and Dani Alves, and Pique. A while back Pique, me and the president of the Turkish tennis federation met up. We also met with the chiefs at Turkish Airlines. Pique is trying to organise the Davis Cup in Turkey, I'm helping him with that."
On a sporting level he said he didn't get many chances with Valverde. "Under Luis Enrique, I was the 12th man, the guy he turned to. I had more minutes. But Valverde didn't give me a lot of chances, I left because I was not happy," said Arda.