The 53-year-old, who will not appear in any press conferences at the moment, has outlined to his coaching staff the work that wants his players to do during pre-season.
It is expected that there will be double training sessions in the morning and the afternoon at the beginning, before the team travel to the United States where they will play friendlies against Juventus, Manchester United and Real Madrid.
The American tour is expected to feature the entire squad, even the likes of Denis Suarez who has cut his holiday short to take part.
Two others who finished the season late due to international commitments, Andre Gomes and Marc-Andre ter Stegen, could follow the path of the Galician player.
The first few weeks could also see some academy players, such as Sergi Palencia, Carles Alena and Marlon, members of Barca B's promotion to the Segunda Division a few weeks ago, given a chance to shine.
Valverde will initially have to work with Arda Turan, Thomas Vermaelen, Munir El-Haddadi, Douglas and Sergi Samper in training, all of whom are not in the plans of the coach from Extremadura and are free to leave the club.
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