Barcelona coach Valverde calls up Dembele for Villarreal clash

Football
24 Sep 2019 • 12:58 PM MYT
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Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has called up Ousmane Dembele for their clash with Villarreal.

The France forward injured his hamstring against Athletic Club in the first game of the season but returned to training last week and has been cleared fit to make a competitive comeback.

Dembele has taken Carles Perez's place in the squad and will compete with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann and Ansu Fati for a starting berth.

"Dembele's a player that can unbalance the opposition, he can give us a lot of things," Barca coach \Valverde said.

"He has quality and we hope that he shows us all that talent he has on the pitch."

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