Ernesto Valverde has come out to suggest Barcelona will make more signings before the transfer window closes after watching his team make it two wins from two in La Liga at Alaves on Saturday.
Barca confirmed a club-record deal potentially worth €145 million for Borussia Dortmund’s Ousmane Dembele days ago, the France international becoming their fifth signing of the summer after Marlon Santos, Gerard Deulofeu, Nelson Semedo and Paulinho.
“We hope that when Aug. 31 arrives and the transfer market closes we have a more competitive team,” Valverde told a news conference when asked if there would be more arrivals, without giving into names.
“I will work with the players I have got, but we hope to have an even better team and we’re open [to signings] if we have a chance, that’s clear.”
“We came through a difficult test and we dealt with the difficult moments which came up in the game,” added Valverde.
“It was hard to open the scoring. [Alaves] stuck together and they closed down space well. Even their striker was more aware of what our midfielders were doing than our defenders.
“So we had to display a lot of patience. It was hot, too, but we got the job done and we didn’t give too much away, either.
“There has been a lot of talk about Barca [this month] and it seemed it could affect the team, but we’ve demonstrated today that that’s not the case. We’ve got six points and now we move forward.”
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