Dembele has been hampered by injuries since his transfer from Dortmund last summer for 105 million euro ($124 million), plus add-ons. The 20-year-old attacker took part in a training session on Saturday, three weeks after his second thigh injury of the season. “He did part of the session with the squad and next week he’ll join in more, little by little,” Valverde told a news conference. “Of course he’s not ready to play right now, we’ll try to be cautious with him, just like we were when he was recovering from his previous injury,” Valverde added. Before this season, the longest Barcelona had stayed unbeaten was 21 games under Per Guardiola in 2009-2010.”It’s a nice number,” Valverde said.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2018 14:03 UTC