Barcelona defender Eric Garcia expects to see a rejuvenated Ansu Fati in the second-half of the season.

Fati returned from long-term injury earlier this term before making Spain's World Cup squad.

Garcia said, "I'm really looking forward to seeing the best Ansu, in the World Cup training sessions I saw him with a different spark. These days too, it's something special he has. I hope he can show it. We all know what he has.

"It's not easy what he's gone through with injuries, he needs his recovery process. He's strong mentally and works a lot in the gym. He'll get his reward."

The defender also said of former teammate Leo Messi on Gerard Romero's Twitch channel: "When he came here I said at last I can see Messi, and then he left. He's the best I've seen, he showed it at the World Cup with the physical level he had. To have a player like him can never hurt!"