Luis Suarez admits he was surprised to see the Portuguese forward leave Real Madrid but doesn't expect it to have too much of an effect on the El Clasico rivalry this season.
Cristiano Ronaldo is up for FIFA The Best award having won it in each of the last two seasons but if he wins it this year he would do so as a Juventus player for the first time.
"Obviously it came as a little surprise because of how good things had gone for him in Madrid, everything he had won there and how Madrid had helped him grow as a player," he said.
"So it surprises you a bit, but that's football for you. One day you can say that you are happy where you are and the next day things may change. It's a decision which must be respected, [it was] taken for a reason.
"But we are in the Spanish league and we're competing against Real Madrid, Atletico, Sevilla, Valencia, Villarreal and all the other teams.
"We're not competing against one player. One player can make a difference or can make a team better, but the reality is that we expect to be playing against the best Madrid possible, against the best Atletico and against the best teams and players."
Playing against the best in La Liga and the Champions League week in, week out, though, comes with huge amounts of pressure.
Suarez concedes the number of games and the demands at Barcelona to keep on winning make it tough to enjoy the moment at times, but he would not have it any other way.
"It's not that Barcelona players feel a lot of pressure but being at Barcelona limits the possibility of enjoying the match you won on Sunday because on Wednesday you already have another one," he said.
"And if on Wednesday you win a Champions League semifinal or a quarterfinal, you can't enjoy it because on Saturday or Sunday you have another game. It is the continuous pressure that you put on yourself to perform at an elite level.
"In the long run, you start to remember [the good moments]. But many times, you're unable to enjoy the moment itself because you are competing at the top level of the game. But it's also nice to live with that pressure because it enables you to live through incredible moments."

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