“Sometimes there's too much noise about what's happening, but this is B...” — Ernesto Valverde Quote

“Sometimes there's too much noise about what's happening, but this is Barcelona - it is a big club. Sometimes people make more of things than they have to. We need to try to close the team away from all that noise outside.”

“Dembele has things that nobody else in the squad has - self-confidence, one against one, shooting with both feet, personality.”

“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.”

“Here at Spurs, if we play against teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid it's only going to make us better and if you brush shoulders with the world's best players then nothing is impossible.”

“Xavi playing 750 games for Barcelona is a lot.”

“Getting married is great, and I feel really good away from the court, and my private life and stuff is good. But you still need to train and work hard. Like, I didn't go on a honeymoon after we got married; I went to Barcelona and trained for 10 days to get ready for the clay-court season. It's been good, but you still have to put the work in.”