Valverde Wants to win to the Athletic to prepare the Champions and descarta that play Dembélé

After a lot of months of effort, has arrived one of the key moments of the season. FC Barcelona and Athletic of Madrid confront in the Camp Nou with LaLiga like aim, with an important advantage for the Catalans and the wish of victory of the Madrilenian to crack the confidence of the leader. When the balloon throw to film, will touch to leave it everything on the lawn.

In the previous press conference to the meeting, Ernesto Valverde has valued a question that carries time warning. Neither the title was sentenced with an important income like the one of does some days, neither in danger every time that there is a trip. The preparador extremeño has reflexionado on his options and has underlined that, there is what there is in the horizon, touches to look for another victory home.

"I do not know what Athletic will find us. Each team has a marked style and the normal is that they are faithful to what come doing. The three points are very important. To us it would give us a wider margin. If mathematically it is not it, the advantage is not definite. A lot of people sentences LaLiga in the month of January. Afterwards you lose a party and speaks of hit to LaLiga", has explained.

"I want that the fans was pending of us, no of pitar to Griezmann or the rivals"

Questioned on the duel of Champions against the Manchester United of the Wednesday, the technician has asked that each challenge face to his owed time, and that in this sense, the best impulse for the visit to Old Trafford is to do the duties against the rojiblancos: "The party of morning is of vital importance and afterwards will have four days. The best form to prepare us for the Champions is to do a big party against the Athletic".

"Our intention is to win. There is not space for the speculations. Afterwards the party can go out by any place", has manifested, clearing that neither his intention is to limit to defend the income on the 'colchoneros' neither the presence of an appointment of maximum level between week goes to condition his bets in the initial alignment for the crash.

Speaking of distractions, the Txingurri has refused to think on the possible whistles to Antoine Griezmann, and neither has gone in in discussions on signings: "What want to is that the fans was pending of us, no of the rivals. It does not like me that it whistle to my players when we play was. Each player is free to decide the things of his future. I am the trainer of a team that confronts to another team with other players and another trainer. It does not like me speak of the rivals, but each one can think from out of what want".

Valverde Speaks of injuries and drops of the Barça

Valverde Has reviewed also the rumours of the last weeks, and has ensured that it does not want to speak of drops because it has all the members of his staff. After defending that Malcom and Kevin-Prince Boateng have the same options to play that the rest of the players, has referred to the 'touched', and in this subject yes has extended more than in other questions.

The trainer barcelonista has signalled that Samuel Umtiti has to take his reincorporación with patience, that Gerard Hammered needed a rest and therefore it gave it to him in Villarreal and that Jasper Cillessen did not have a grave injury and could go back prompt if it evolves well. The one who will not be, instead is Ousmane Dembélé, that arrives too just: "it does not go to be to play against the Athletic and do not know if it will be for the Wednesday in Champions. We are not to risk".

Besides, it has regretted the absence of Arturo Vidal sanctioned by accumulation of cards, and has referred to the bajón of Arthur, that does not have him especially concerned: "it does not concern me the performance that has showed in the two last parties. It gives us a lot of things. Along the season, has had parties very brilliant and other days in which it has not been the same".

"The players to which change is because they play of start and this is not bad. We know him well, his values, how is... Sometimes it has gone out of revulsivo and has given us tranquility. We are happy with him. It is doing a very good season, finish to arrive and is doing it well", has encouraged to the midfield player of Goiania, one of the doubts in the initial alignment against the Athletic.