Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde is eager to protect Ousmane Dembele after his latest injury setback.

Dembele faces another month out after breaking down last week.

"He suffered a significant incident at the start of the season in Getafe and now he has a small problem, that has little to do with the previous one," Valverde explained to reporters in a press conference on Tuesday.

"We won't overdramatise [this injury] either.

"People start to talk about how some players have an issue and in the end people start believing it.

"I have no doubt that the player will overcome it.

"We will do all we can to make sure this ends up as an anecdote.

"He had been playing little bits of matches as he returned and the plan for him was to come back little by little.

"It'll be the same when he returns from this one.

"We hope that he's not missing for long."