VIDEO: Barcelona's players prepare for Dublin friendly with a game of bubble football

A novel way of making sure Luis Suarez doesn't bite anyone.

Barcelona are in Dublin on Saturday afternoon for a pre-season friendly clash against Celtic at the Aviva Stadium, and they warmed in a fairly unexpected way.

Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi et al seemed to have great fun, although not even being dressed like an invisible Malteser could curb the Uruguayan's competitive instincts.

📽 🔝 😂 😂 😂 https://t.co/3Da0D9wEP4

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 29, 2016

JOE reached out* to the Catalan giants to find out if they'd be donning the inflated suits in front of their Irish support, at least giving Brendan Rodgers' side a fighting chance of winning, but received no response.

*A blatant lie.