Messi and Coutinho to form new bond: Beautiful pictures from Barcelona Fridays training session

Samuel Umtiti and Martin Braithwaite train individually as the team gear up for the first league game of the season.

Barcelona have completed their first training session with Luis Suarez gone.

The Catalans keep working hard ahead of the La Liga opener against Villarreal this Sunday.

Here are the best pictures from Friday's session:

Lionel Messi connects with Philippe Coutinho, one of the last South Americans remaining at Barca.