Luis Enrique waiting for a call

Asked about the rumour that he could become an assistant coach if José Mourinho (45) would become the next Barcelona manager (read more here), former Barcelona right winger Luis Enrique (37) told in an interview with Catalan radio station RAC 1 that he hasn’t heard anything about the issue yet but that he certainly would consider such an offer: “To be able to return to Barcelona as assistant of José Mourinho would be something fantastic.”

Luis Enrique, who was playing for Barcelona when the former Chelsea manager was part of the technical staff between 1996 and 2000, had words of appraisal for the Portuguese: “You really have to make the difference between the Mourinho the fans got to know and the one I have known in the dressing room, where he was a great guy who contributed a lot to the mental strength of the team.”