Ernesto Valverde has been talking to the press ahead of Sunday’s La Liga fixture against his former club Athletic Bilbao at San Mames.
The Barcelona boss talked about the fitness of Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembele and Samuel Umtiti as well as talking about who could replace the suspended Jordi Alba.
Here at the best bits:
Valverde on Messi
We have to wait until training to make a decision. We didn’t want to take too many risks in the cup game and tomorrow is a similiar situation. We’ll see what decision we make, it depends what he says, how he feels.