Afellay happy to stay at Barcelona

Posted on | Sunday, July 17, 2011 | No Comments

Ibrahim Afellay agent has denied claims his client is disillusioned with life at Barcelona after just half a season at Camp Nou.

Reports on Tuesday suggested Lazio Italy were preparing a bid for the Dutch international, who only arrived in Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven in the winter market.

The Catalan club has been pursuing the end Udinese's Alexis Sanchez during the summer, and with Peter as the first choice as coach Pep Guardiola, the arrival of future Chilean international Afellay is to further drive down the hierarchy.

However, his agent insists Karel Jansen Afellay is happy to stay at the club.

"I can not understand how this kind of news comes from" Janssen said Tuttomercatoweb. "I honestly do not know anything about it.

"He has no reason to move.

"Ibrahim is doing well in his current club. I can only repeat that the club and the player are very happy together. "

Despite limited playing time last season, impressed in his time Afellay in the field, especially in Barca 2-0 Champions League semi-final victory over Real Madrid, where he put on a Lionel Messi helps after its entry into the second half as compensation.