Luis Enrique has said there have been no developments in the proposed move of Pedro to Manchester United and that he wants the winger to stay at Barcelona.
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Pedro is now set to play his final game for game for Barcelona tomorrow in the Gamper Cup against AS Roma before leaving for Manchester. Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez managed 81 goals in La Liga alone.
Totti has always been an outspoken supporter of Luis Enrique, despite the former Spain worldwide enduring a disappointing campaign in charge at the Stadio Olimpico.
“I dont like to talk about hypotheses. But I repeat the same thing, there is no news and only the player can give news”. We’re excited about the Gamper, the Super Cup and the start of the season.
He’s a fantastic top-class player who won everything and showed for club and country what he can do.
“Pedro is a high-level player and as a coach I want him to stay here, but is his decision”, Enrique told reporters today.
The 28-year-old wants to play more first team football next season, in order to make it to the Spain squad for next summer’s European Championship.
He added: “There will be no new signings and players will only leave if they wish to go”. I think that, as a teammate and friend, I would like him to stay for a long time, but I understand that he has doubts. “We need to create pressure and combination plays but also ways of surprising”.
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“We won’t be as effective without those [Messi and Neymar] up front – that’s obvious – but we will work on being unpredictable”.
