Barça coach Valverde's plans with the returning Ousmane Dembele

Barça coach Valverde's plans with the returning Ousmane Dembele

Valverde says there will be no rush with the France star

Dembele was back in Barça training on Saturday morning

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has Ousmane Dembele back in training once again after the France forward recovered from a hamstring injury. 

Dembele, 20, has been out for nearly three weeks after injuring himself in the 4-2 comeback win against Real Sociedad in January. 

However, Valverde says he won't take any risks with the youngster, who will not be available for the La Liga game against Espanyol on Sunday. 

"He's not ready to play now (against Espanyol)," Valverde said in his pregame press conference on Saturday. 

"We will try to be careful with him, the same way we were when he came back last time. Hopefully there's no relapse.

"He did part of the session with the group today and this week he will build up little by little. We will see when he is ready but now is not the moment to take any risks." 

Dembele missed four months earlier in the season after rupturing a tendon in just his third appearance for the club against Getafe. 

Barça paid an initial 105 million euros (with add-ons it could reach 140 million) to land him from Borussia Dortmund during the summer transfer window.  

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