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Barcelona Manager Ernesto Valverde Laughs off Ousmane Dembele Lateness

Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has laughed off Ousmane Dembele's most recent transgression after the forward turned up for training more than two hours late.

Dembele started in Philippe Coutinho's place in the local derby against Espanyol on Saturday, scoring and assisting in the 4-0 romp. He was late for training on Sunday and made to train on his own, but Valverde has since spoken to the media and curtailed the criticism aimed at his player:

"It happened to me!

"I knew you were going to ask about Dembele. It's true that some things have happened, we will try to solve things internally, and there's not much more to say about this.