Luis Enrique Martínez, a Barça coach and current Spanish coach, took a stand on the Leo Messi case, stating that he “would have liked them to reach a friendly agreement” because the greatness of the Barça club is “above all people”.
“A general reflection would be that clubs are above all people, be they players, presidents … Barcelona is one of the best clubs in the world, which has always won titles and with Leo Messi won many, and it is It is clear that there has been a wonderful reaction over the years that many things have been achieved, ”said Luis Enrique.
“Leo has made Barça grow exponentially with great performance, but I would have liked much more if both parties had reached an agreement because sooner or later he will stop playing for Barcelona,” said the Spanish coach. .
For Luis Enrique, “it is good to be grateful” and defended that he was in favor of another resolution to the situation. “For both of us it would have been positive, I would have liked it much more if the agreement had been friendly.”
Luis ended up defending the quality of Messi and the greatness of Barcelona. “The day he leaves will be a pity because we will not have him close and we will not be able to see the wonder of a player who has been, is and will be, but the club will also continue to win titles without Messi because Barcelona has always done so.”
Today, Spain-Ukraine (21.00)
Luis Enrique spoke about Messi at the press conference in tonight’s match against Ukraine in Madrid (20.45). The Spanish team, renewed by the Asuturian coach with a batch of young people with Ansu Fati at the helm, must confirm today the sensations left in the visit to Germany, with the tie (1-1) in the premiere of the League of Nations , against Ukraine’s Andrei Shevchenko leading the group. The bet of the selector for young values, will have its continuity after the premiere in the absolute of Ansu Fati, Mikel Merino, Ferrán Torres and Óscar Rodríguez. Everything points to the ownership of Sergio Reguilón and minutes for Adama Traoré.
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