Luis Enrique Martínez returned to Twitch and did so with good humor and speaking clearly. The PSG coach gave his opinion at length about the Champions League quarter-final tie that will face Barça on April 10 and 16. The man from Gijón praised the Blaugrana squad and believes that Xavi’s team will be a tough opponent to fight. He showered affection on the Barcelona team and even stated: “I would like to return to Barça but it is difficult for paths to cross again. This summer Barça will need a coach but I have a contract with PSG and my rule is to honor the contracts.” He also assured that he would love to return to the Spanish team.
That does not mean that he is not going to put his five senses into eliminating the Barcelona fans. “I have been a culé member for 25 years but I will try with all my efforts for PSG to win. It’s my profession. I will continue to be a member of Barça and Sporting until I die. But I have played against my Sporting, against my Barça, against Madrid. Maybe sometime I have to face the Spanish team, that will be more difficult because of the issue of patriotism, but it is my profession.”
Regarding the match itself with Barça, he assured: “I see a very difficult tie because Barça is Barça, they have won five Champions Leagues, and also because with our staff we reflect: How many of the Barça players would be starters in the PSG? Ter Stegen could be a starter at PSG, Araújo, Koundé, Cubarsí, also Frenkie de Jong, Gavi, Pedri, Gündogan without a doubt, Lamine Yamal, of course and also Lewandowski. At least seven Barça players would start at PSG, at City, at Madrid. That means it is a very high-level team.”
According to Luis Enrique, Barcelona has not had its most brilliant season so far but “they will arrive at their best moment.” The Asturian loves the crop of footballers that is coming out of La Masia. “Xavi is showing a lot of courage with the young people. You have to take care of the young people, you can’t push them, but at Barça kids with a lot of quality are coming out. “Xavi is taking good care of them,” he said. What he did not agree with was the fact that Barça is the club with the most pressure in the world. “It is the same as in other big clubs, although I understand that for a Catalan and a culé like Xavi it ??is more difficult.”
The former Blaugrana coach admitted that he still aspires to train in England in the future and acknowledged that he is having a hard time learning French. “I am pitiful in this regard.” The complete opposite of Unai Emery. “It’s a mistake. He has the biggest balls in all of Spain. He gives me a thousand turns in English and French.”
Luis Enrique took advantage of his connection to present the Xana Foundation to society, which was created with the objective of accompanying boys and girls who suffer from serious illnesses and their families. The foundation is inspired by the smile of Xana Martínez Cullell, the daughter of the coach who died after suffering a serious illness.
