The father of Barcelona midfielder Rafinha and Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara hopes they will play together in the future.

Thiago left Barca for Bayern when Pep Guardiola took charge.

Mazinho told Radio Barcelona. "I hope that one day Thiago can return to Barcelona," he said. "He's a player with Barcelona DNA, that he has had since his formation here, and you never know. The football world has many twists. The doors are always open to everything and who knows if one day we will be able to have the two of them here together again. There's no resentment, the opposite, we are grateful to Barcelona for their actions."

It's clear though, that despite Guardiola leaving, Thiago is comfortable at Bayern Munich. "We can't think of being sad or happy, we are professionals. He's a Bayern player and he's content and happy to be at a club where he's working well. He's renewed his contract and is very happy there."

With regards to Rafinha, his father said: "Rafinha is good, working, happy, recovering a little of what he lost (during injury), but he's good. He has a small muscular problem, but it's almost over."