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Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde calm over Lionel Messi fitness

Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde has given his verdict on Lionel Messi’s fitness concerns.

The Barca star missed both of Argentina’s friendlies during the international break with a hamstring niggle.

It’s unclear at the moment if Messi will be fit to face Sevilla with Barcelona on Saturday but Valverde seems pretty unconcerned.

“I’m calm about Messi’s injury. Tomorrow we will see how he feels,” he said.

“Messi finished the last game with Athletic well, it is true that he had a little trouble, but it was nothing important. I still do not know what we are going to do, we think and hope it is not important.