Ernesto Valverde has held his pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday’s trip to Getafe and spoke about a range of topics.
The Barcelona boss addressed his team’s poor away form, Lionel Messi’s fitness, Luis Suarez’s lack of goals and Ansu Fati’s situation with the Spain national team.
Here are the main points:
Valverde on Lionel Messi
I don’t know how long he’s going to be out. Hopefully he will be back with the team soon. In principle it’s not a serious injury so let’s wait and see how he looks today and going into next week.