Barcelona clinched their 25th La Liga title after beating Deportivo La Coruna 4-2 behind a Lionel Messi hat-trick.

Barcelona only needed a draw to clinch the title.

Valverde said on marca.com: “When you chase it all season you say finally ‘the league is very long’. It is not decided only in a match. From the beginning we have been in the lead. In the end we were the best. The hard part is winning and winning.”

Valverde added: “I have not invented anything, in the end these players have already won titles and leagues with other coaches. It’s more of them than the coach.

“We have been a competitive, compact team and we have overcome many difficulties, and in moments I know it has lacked brilliance.”