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Hristo Stoichkov has earned the recognition and the permission from all Barcelona fans to be an authorized voice for the team, he won a Ballon d'Or while playing for Barcelona, that gives him some credit. Although sometimes he doesn't realize the extent of his criticism or harsh statements, there are many times when he does a really good analysis on players or the current for of the team. Talking to Diario Sport from Catalonia, the Bulgarian former player confessed that he is surprised with Luis Suarez.
Ever since Samuel Eto'o left the team, there hadn't been a proper number 9 inside the team that was good enough to become the main man for scoring goals. Granted that Messi has an impressive ability to score as well, Suarez came to take some of that responsibility from the Argentine and that's exactly what he's done so far. With his 54 goals in all competitions, Luis Suarez has turned into the most prolific of the three players up front, without taking the starring role off Messi.
Talking to Sport, Stoichkov said: "Suarez is the sort of player who can make the difference with his movement. You don't just get that from training, but also from playing with players who understand each other. He has an understanding with his team-mates just like I had an understanding with [Julio] Salinas, [Jose Mari] Bakero, [Michael] Laudrup and [Ronald] Koeman. I never had to say a word to Romario to understand what he wanted. Suarez is an outstanding player and a born winner. He scores so many goals because he is always looking for a goal. He is always trying to pop up in the best position to support his fellow attackers."
About Gerard Pique's capacity to speak up and not care about what people think of him for saying what he really thinks, Stoichkov feels identified with him and is perfectly fine with it: "I will always defend Pique because he is a good guy. He works hard and is enjoying life as a footballer. People like to criticize him, but they have no proper arguments. He is a symbol of Barcelona's youth academy, like [Guillermo] Amor, [Pep] Guardiola and Chapi Ferrer in the past."
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