Barcelona sporting director Robert Fernandez is planning for next season with new coach Ernesto Valverde. They have already held talks about new signings and about who could leave this summer.

After these talks, Robert Fernandez has spoken about projects and signings in an interview with Barcelona's official magazine.

"Logically [Valverde] will need some time to adapt, but not that much time, because he’s a football man," he said. "We have a lot of information and there’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes.

Asked about signings for the new season, Robert said "it goes without saying that we’ll bolster the squad in the positions we need and that they’ll be big-name signings."

However, the sporting director knows it won't be easy. Being Barça creates some difficulties: "The biggest difficulty we face is our own grandeur. A lot of players don’t want to come here because they aren’t sure they’ll get much playing time.

"But we are very happy with the players that we signed last summer because they have all make big steps forward in their careers."