Former treble-winning Barcelona manager Luis Enrique was full of praise for his former teammate Xavi Hernandez when the pair met in the Champions League last season. Yet the current Paris Saint-Germain boss revealed his true thoughts behind closed doors, as was seen in a documentary about him ‘You’ve no f***ing clue.’
The ex-Spain manager divides opinions in his native country, but has always held a soft spot for the Blaugrana, who he captained after leaving Real Madrid. During their clash with Barcelona last season, Luis Enrique told his players that they should be able to beat them easily in the Round of 16.
“Barca is not a dominant team and it is not a defensively good team. They do not have defensive quality,” the Asturian remarked, as recounted by Diario AS.
Xavi received a large amount of criticism due to the style of play of his Barcelona side, and Luis Enrique was amongst them.
“They play long balls. Ter Stegen broke the record for long passes. “They play like Eibar,”
This will be particularly jarring for Xavi to hear, as publicly he called him ‘the perfect manager for Barcelona’. The two aren’t necessarily incompatible, but given Xavi and Luis Enrique hold themselves to a certain style of football, it shows that the latter doesn’t think much of Xavi’s work on the training ground.
Cobeiops
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I support the words from Luis Enrique, I said it as soon as xavi got the job. you can't just couch in Qatar and then to Barcelona impossible
Dapdemou
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they play like Eiber😭
[Crylaugh]
Zokdklmn
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Henrique should understand the Barcelona team he managed was far superior to that of Xavi's Barca. He was privileged to have players like Messi, Neymar, Iniesta, Xavi, Busquet, Puyol, Pique, Suarez, etc., all in their prime. Unfortunately, Xavi took charge of a team that was in its rebuilding period, so Henrique should think twice before criticizing and boasting.
Daaamrtz
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xavi did fantastic in his time as Barca manager, we might not have been the best version then but we were in a tight spot due to financial issues plus injury. the players that flick depends on right now have been nurtured by xavi, he gave them the opportunity of a lifetime
lol
yimbcdipy
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xavi did fantastic in his time as Barca manager, we might not have been the best version then but we were in a tight spot due to financial issues plus injury. the players that flick depends on right now have been nurtured by xavi, he gave them the opportunity of a lifetime
BarcaArgChe
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Xavi to Enrique be like; Could this be a double tongue snake 🤔😛
culer1
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He's lucky this time he wouldn't be in that managerial Seat , A red card saved his job
gavi1love
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They play long balls. Ter Stegen broke the record for long passes. “They play like Eibar,”😭🤣🤣
Sameee.🤣🤣
Mikhi1
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10 Ballon d'Ors 9 Pichichi Awards 6 Playmaker Awards 3 World Cup Runners Up 3 World Cup Golden Balls 2 World Cup Champions Best Dribbler Best Young Star Best Playmaker Best Goal Scorer Best Assist Provider Best Player of All Time This may be the most valuable football picture of all time. Everything in one frame. ⚽👑👏 (Messi, Modric, Vini, Benzema, Neymar, Mbappe) 
pomaelnrz
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They play long balls. Ter Stegen broke the record for long passes. “They play like Eibar,”😭🤣🤣
AFerusmc6546
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they play like Eiber😭
Luis is dumb
AFerusmc6546
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Luis is dumb and foolish for dis talk
ArokaMurombe
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they play like Eiber😭
controversial
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saved by a red card and penalty