Barcelona defender Jules Kounde admits he's been impressed by young teammate Mikayil Faye.

Faye made the move to Barca last summer and Kounde spoke to Senegalese reporters about the youngster.

Kounde said, “I had the opportunity to get to know him a lot in pre-season and to see him a little bit recently as well. I think he's very talented. He's very, very explosive, very dynamic, very aggressive, very good on the ball. He's got a good left foot."

He also said of Barca's campaign: “We have to find what made us strong last year, which was our defence. We have to defend well together, make efforts together. I think the team is aware of that. I think this break has been good for us. We have a lot of confidence and a lot of optimism.

"We will continue to work very hard to make the second part of the season better and to be able to win titles."