74 Quotes by Ernesto Valverde

Dembele is a player who has been playing regularly, from the bench or the start, and he has quality. When he comes off the bench, he can change a game, and that's a quality that is undervalued in football. Not everybody has that quality.

The feeling is that video assistant referees and technology are here to help us, especially for justice in the penalty area.

The great thing about football is that it's so fast, there are so few interruptions.

Umtiti is a great player, and we expect him to stay at Barca for many more years and for him to enjoy his football with us.

Dembele likes to take players on. He's a dribbler and a power player who likes to break into space; he has the ability to do this. He has a lot of virtues.

When Messi plays the ball, everybody expects many things from him. Sometimes it's too much because we have to let Messi breathe a bit.

It's true that Coutinho played on the centre because sometimes Messi likes playing on the right side. If that happens, we have to readjust a bit.

During the season, there are all types of games - ones where you deserve more than you get and ones where you get more than you deserve.

I think it's something each team has to decide on, but I think the guard of honour is supposed to be a way of paying tribute to the opposing players.