Barcelona are looking to reinforce their formidable attack in the January transfer window, the Spanish and European champions’ coach Luis Enrique said on Tuesday.
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Tempers flared a four days later as Barca won the first leg of their Cup tie 4-1 in the Camp Nou Stadium.
Espanyol boss Galca asked his team’s fans to focus on their own team rather than venting their hatred of Barca: “I hope the fans support the team and nothing else”.
And Luis Enrique, who has praised Messi’s versatility in the past, does not believe his influence would change where he to play in any position on the pitch.
It’s harder in winter because teams don’t want to lose players. “This certainly represents a whole lot of people, to our players our captains our staff back in the United States of America it’s my honest gratitude to your effort and your belief in this team”. Right now, probably in attack, if we were to bring someone in – that’s probably the key area. It’s down to the voters.
FIFA’s 2015 Manager of the Year was not among the dignitaries in the gala in Zurich on Monday to collect the award as he did not attend the ceremony.
Enrique went up again Bayern Munich’s top coach Pep Guardiola who received 22.9% votes and came in second place to Enrique.
“It’s all about winning titles as a club and the players know this is more important than any individual accolades”.
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Luis Suarez will also be missing after being handed a two-match ban for aggressively confronting opposition players in the tunnel after the game, but Espanyol keeper Pau Lopez escaped punishment after stamping on Lionel Messi.
