Valverde makes it clear whether or not he is looking for revenge at Barça-Athletic

The party of the Sunday between the FC Barcelona and the Athletic of Bilbao will have a protagonist in particular. Ernesto Valverde, technician of the Barça between July of 2017 and January of 2020, returns to the Spotify Camp Nou two years and nine months after his exit of the club with some 'lions' that have fallen in a bajón after an ilusionante beginning in LaLiga. In the previous of the crash by the day 11, the 'Txingurri' cleared that, although it expects to add the three points, there is not a feeling of revancha.

"Have spirit to win, but no by revancha, but for winning the three points. It is the first rival that have in front and is difficult. The Barcelona is doing a big campaign, the other day did a good party (the Thursday in front of the Villarreal) and will be complicated. It is a club in which you have been, there are a lot of people that know and will greet and afterwards, like a party more", commented the technician of Extremadura.

Valverde Had an effectiveness of the 74.26 % in the bench culé, at a rate of 97 triumphs, 32 ties and 16 defeats. The Barça raised two Leagues, a Glass of Rey and a Supercopa of Spain under his driving, in a marked cycle by the painful eliminations of the UEFA Champions League in front of the Rome and the Liverpool in 2018 and 2019, respectively. The technician of 58 years was sacked of surprising form on 20 January 2020, after the elimination of the Supercopa of Spain in front of the Athletic of Madrid.

On his go through the Barça, the 'Txingurri' recognised that it tried to give the best of yes along two years and half. "Always there is time to hit and make a mistake you, in the big teams all has more repercussion. There are times that the things go better and others, worse. The things were well, always have to lose some party", commented the míster of Cáceres, the one who also admitted to have good memories of his stage like culé.

The level of the Barça and his praises to Xavi

On the other hand, the technician of the Bilbao encouraged to argue how sees to the Barça in this moment. "Still it is not out of the Champions, remain a pair of parties, and in the League is to a very high level. The other day it lost (in the Classical), but already know that the defeats there seems that they suppose more than what are, always escuecen, see him to arrive far. The thing is that the Madrid is in a moment sweet, in which it plays easy and well", detailed Valverde.

In this sense, Ernesto considers that "it foresees a League of a lot of points. To the Barça see him well because when it seems that it plays a bit worse, does you eight clear occasions and, when it does it well, 20". Besides, the trainer of 58 years had praises for Xavi Hernández. "It knows the club perfectly because there is been an out of series like player and knows how is the surroundings of the club and what supposes not winning or a tie. This Barcelona is a powerful team that can aspire to everything", sentenced the míster of the Basques.