Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has revealed that Gavi refused to come on as a late substitute during their 7-1 demolition of Valencia.

The Catalans surpassed the 100-goal mark for the 2024/2025 campaign with the rout.

Fermín López scored two goals, while Frenkie de Jong, Raphinha, Ferran Torres and Robert Lewandowski were also on target.

The result saw Barça reduce the gap between themselves and second-placed Atlético Madrid to three points.

Gavi, who has started in just four LaLiga games since coming back from injury, was left on the bench by Flick.

Flick planned to introduce the Spain midfielder in the final 15 minutes of the match.

However, he refused to come on and instead urged Flick to bring on Pablo Torre, who has clocked only 373 minutes on the pitch this season.

“The situation I’m most impressed with is when I spoke with Gavi.

“Normally I bring him on with 15 minutes to go and he said no, bring Pablo Torre in.

“You can see how the team are connected. It’s fantastic to see as a coach. I love Gavi for this. You know he wants to play every match and to say this in this situation, it’s top,” Flick told reporters.