Valverde: I've spoken to Pique and he is focussed Barcelona Doesn't think Davis Cup will be a distraction

Gerard Pique will be with Barcelona when they visit Leganes on Saturday, but just a few kilometres away the Davis Cup that he is helping organise will be taking place.

Ernesto Valverde, though, doesn't believe that the tennis tournament will be a distraction.

"If I see that he is focussed and ready to play then he'll play," he said when asked about the Catalan centre-back.

"I've spoken with him and I see him as being focussed.

"He has interests outside of football and many players are criticised for only knowing football.

"We'll see if he has permission to attend the Davis Cup or not.

"We have to leave him alone for now, as we have an important game."

Speaking about the game and about the weekend's opponents, Valverde praised Leganes' new coach Javier Aguirre.

"One thing that is clear is that they have a great motivator," he said.

"His results are there to see.

"He has a way of reaching players.

"I don't know what changes he'll make as they team was designed to play in a certain way.

"We have a bad experience from losing to them last year, so we really want to win."

Barcelona will be missing full-backs Nelson Semedo, Jordi Alba and Sergi Roberto through injury and suspension for this one, so Valverde was asked how he'll construct his back line.

"I'm not worried because we have players for emergency situations," he said.

"We also have the B team there.

"There are a couple of possibilities, as we could change the scheme or maintain it.

"Moussa Wague can play on either side and is prepared to play, as he also played some games last season.

"If he's with us then it's because he can play."

Antoine Griezmann also came up and Valverde seemed fed up with the constant questions about the Frenchman.

"Why are there so many questions that start with 'are you worried about...'?" he asked.

"In the end, I leave the press conferences worrying about these things.

"What I'm worried about is that he is with us and he gives us a lot in terms of work, goals and clarity of play."