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Ronald Koeman talks Lionel Messi, Barcelona training and Nastic friendly

Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman has spoken to the club’s media ahead of tomorrow’s first pre-season friendly against Nastic.

The Dutch boss spoke about his captain Lionel Messi, his impressions of the team’s pre-season work and also their opening La Liga fixture against Villarreal.

Here are the main points:

Koeman on Messi

I have already said it several times that Messi is the best. He is a very important player as he has shown for many years and I hope he can repeat this year.

Koeman on training

It has been very positive, the players are working very well, there is a lot of intensity in training.