Valverde: "Arthur can give us a lot"

Ernesto Valverde praised Arthur Melo after his debut with Barcelona, ​​but included. "He is a player who can give us a lot and he has shown, he knows how to get the ball and give us an exit, also to approach the shooting areas to score the goal that he scored, we train together for a moment, as with Lenglet, with whom we have less doubts because it comes from the League, and in the case of Arthur, we are working for it to continue, I am very motivated but it is soon, that's just started, let's see the next game. "

of the affiliate. Juan Miranda commented that "he is a very young player who has to polish many things but who has great qualities and can help us, he played at home and showed that power that we hope to go further so we'll see what happens with Lucas we do not want to move the events forward, the clarity that Miranda has shown is great news. "He also remembers the player who replaced him in the second half. "I do not want to forget Cucurella, who played in the second half and can help us."

In this line, he refers to Yerry Mina, which he hopes despite six centers at the moment. "In this team there is room for all those who want to succeed and take Barcelona, ​​Yerry is a great player and he has shown in World Cup but we want him to defend and mark him, better, we hope the best of him. " As for the scorers, he referred to the author from 1 to 0. "Munir El Haddadi was released last year in a transfer in which he took advantage of the time he was an important player at Alaves and today he was motivated, we are happy him and we think that it is good that he relates to the team and the purpose we asked for mobility and he was successful to overcome a complicated test with his badignment, it is a positive point. "

Overall Valverde admitted initiative of the first time and the intention to dominate the game as well as the ease of some of the young players , who played last year in the Youth League, in the second half we had the handicap that played together against a great rival. I was there, very cold when throwing the penalties, I still have more positive things than negatives. "On the contrary, he regretted the injuries of Denis Suárez and André Gomes." We will do some tests and it will depend on the extent of the injury that they may not be able to play anymore, we will be another week and we do not know if we can recover them, it's the worst news of the night for us "