Luis Enrique, during his appearance prior to Spain-Switzerland. /
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The Spanish coach, who was exultant with the state of form of his players in “the best week of training”, continues to leave his continuity in the air less than two months before the World Cup
Luis Enrique does not think about the future. The Spanish coach continues to leave his continuity in the air less than two months before the start of the World Cup in Qatar, fueling rumors about the end of his time at the helm of La Roja and the possible successors of him in office. «Many conditionals, the future does not exist. There won’t be any news because we don’t want them to be, I’m only worried about tomorrow’s game, “settled the Asturian coach.
Lucho is totally faithful to the philosophy of ‘carpe diem’, he is only interested in the present, at least according to his own words. «I trust a lot of the sensations, of what I see training. This has been the best week of training in terms of intensity and quality in my entire career as a coach. I see you all very prepared, maybe it will happen in all the selections because of the appointment that appears behind the curtains. If I am always happy, this week even more », he valued, exultant with the last preparation sessions.
“With everyone, even the new ones, the pace of training has been brutal. We have been able to work and remember things that we had previously worked on. I have seen them exceptional and with the necessary intensity to be able to compete », he influenced. «I think it is very important that the players feel the confidence of the coach and what I see is that I have a team of stars that also run the unspeakable. Then if he gives us to win or not, we’ll see,” he added in praise of his players
«Playing again here in La Romareda, in a football city of always, is special. We are going to try to make our fans enjoy. Zaragoza brings me good memories and that I always came as a visitor and here the public squeezes. The stadium exudes football history. Hopefully Zaragoza, together with my Sporting, recover the first category, “said Lucho on the scene of the match against Switzerland, to which the team returns 19 years later.
Possible offensive trident
Although he did not categorically assure anything concrete about the possible eleven for the match against Switzerland, the coach hinted at the possibility of fielding an attacking trident made up of Ferran Torres, Morata and Sarabia. “In football, I first have the rule of telling the players who they play, but you are not misguided,” he replied when asked about that combination for the offensive plot.
The coach had words of praise for the innovative system to transmit orders to players during training tested this week, a tool that he would even carry over to matches if this were possible. “We have tested with up to fourteen players. I loved it and will continue to use it. The only handicap is for the player due to the tension of the game, but as a coach I like it. Only if they let me say things to the pivot, it would be worth it », he explained in this regard.
Finally, and although it is not a matter directly related to his management, Luis Enrique assessed, albeit very succinctly, the scandal unleashed in the Spanish women’s team as a result of the resignation of up to fifteen internationals due to their disagreements with the manager’s management, George Vilda. “This is a totally abnormal situation, with a difficult management, but I have no doubt that the Federation will manage it in the best possible way”, he valued.
Busquets: “It’s my last season of contract but then I don’t rule anything out”
Sergio Busquets is one of the proper names in Spanish football in recent days, but not because of what happens in the context of the Spanish team, of which he is captain, but because of his hypothetical continuity at Barça, with which he concludes his contract in June, sparking rumors of a possible move to Inter Miami in the American MLS for next season. «The only thing I can tell you is that it is my last season of contract but then I do not rule anything out. There have been no meetings or agreements with any club. All I want is to analyze the situation and decide », explained the midfielder about his current situation. “It is clear that I am not 20 years old, I understand that there are rumors but it is one thing and another that things that have not been are given as official,” he added in this regard, visibly upset by speculation about his future.
In this sense, the Real Sociedad midfielder Martín Zubimendi is one of the most liked footballers at Can Barça as possible substitutes for Busquets. “The youngsters are very strong. Zubimendi is a great footballer but he is a Real Sociedad player and I don’t know what he wants or if Barça is interested. They are aspects that I do not control, ”the Catalan player settled in this sense.
At the moment, Busquets enjoys serving as a veteran and mentor to a new generation of midfielders who have been pushing hard for both the Spanish team and Barça. «Pedri and Gavi for their youth and level are a luxury to enjoy at my side at Barça and in the national team. Hopefully they can have a career similar to mine and achieve a lot of success, because that would be good for everyone », he said about two of the most promising players of the new batch.
«It has been a pleasure and an honor to come to the national team and enjoy this group, now younger with the generational change. I am enjoying it a lot, with the last European Championship in which we were about to sneak into the final”, he assured when asked about his feelings with Spain, before tiptoeing over the future of Luis Enrique, for whom in any case He had words of praise: «It is a personal decision of the coach and the president. The only thing I can tell you is that all the players are delighted with him.”
