Three birthdays at Barcelona: Alba, Koeman, Griezmann

As the squad travels to San Sabestian today, there must have been celebrations on the way. Three members of the travelling group celebrate their birthday today. Antoine Griezmann enters into his thirties, Jordi Alba turns 32 and gaffer, Ronald Koeman turns 58 today.

Alba has been in spectacular form this season, accumulating 5 goals and 11 assists. The Catalan left-back has shown no sign of aging. He will certainly look to bag home another spectacular performance on his 32nd Birthday.

Griezmann will surely want to make his mark against his previous team in his pursuit to make a comeback to the strongest first team. The Frenchman has gone out of favour ever since the Dutch manager introduced the 3-5-2 system. What better occasion than his 30th Birthday to redeem himself and prove his worth to the coach.

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Lately, Koeman has been the recipient of laurels from the footballing fraternity, given Barca’s stellar performance in the last month. The Dutch coach shared a cheeky Instagram picture with Griezmann and Alba, asking “Who is the oldest?”.

In the pre-match conference, Koeman highlighted that Real Sociedad are a difficult nut to crack and will be an interesting contest between the teams. The Dutch legend will surely be looking forward to a birthday gift from the team in the form of a ninth consecutive victory on the road in the league.