Luis Enrique: "Any place in Spain is good to see the national team, and that goes for Barcelona and any other city"

• Selection David Raya by David de Gea, novelty in Luis Enrique's first call for 2022

Luis Enrique

is very clear about it: sport and politics have to walk different paths.

Next week 's game against

, the first to be played in the province of

La

played a friendly against

at the

in Montjuic.

Something that, in his opinion, should not be an exception.

"We sports people are always away from all political issues. I said it at the time: any place in Spain is good to see the national team, and that goes for Barcelona and any other city," he stressed from the press room of the

Stadium

, the field where Espanyol plays its matches.

In his call for the next duels against

and

there are several novelties.

One of them is the surprising presence of

, from

, in the list of goalkeepers.

"He is part of the monitoring we do of goalkeepers, he has been doing very well for a long time and I really want to see him in the context of the national team.

for the national team due to his qualities in goal and his ability to generate options with the game with his feet. He has a level, but I want to see him in this context", assured the coach.

Another novelty is also the absence of the captain, Sergio Busquets, who wants to rest.

"

. He is the one who accumulates the most minutes in his team, with 3,700 and some. I want the best version for the June games and I have decided that he should rest, so that he can watch football from another point of view. view. He is having a spectacular season. Despite the fact that he has been in the eye of the hurricane for a long time, he has always shown his high level. What it is about is that he can enjoy this week with whoever he wants and that he comes as best as possible for June", explained Luis Enrique.

He was not the only one for whom he had words of praise.

, who is once again part of his list, was also one of the highlights.

"It's on the list again because what I saw in November I already liked it a lot. Surely, forwards live enslaved by the goal, it seems that if they don't score they don't do things well, and it's not like that. At a quality level, yes It's on the list, it's that it has what it takes to be able to play," he reiterated.

, of course, also received their congratulations.

"I see him in his line of absolute improvement. It has been a difficult season for him, because he has not been able to have the regularity to play many games, due to injuries. It is always a pleasure to see players like Pedri on the pitch, he always contributes different things and now he is reaching the goal more," he asserted.

What is very clear to him is that he must follow his own path: "I think he is more than tired of being compared to Iniesta. Depending on what actions,

, but he knows which path he has to do, which is Pedri's, not Iniesta's or Messi's", assured the coach, who had very good words for the work that Xavi is carrying out on the Barça bench.

"It's not my job to analyze it, but I like to see attacking coaches and Xavi is. It's not about the goals you score, but about the selection of players, and we look for the same things, with nuances. I like it a lot and it distracts me a lot. see offensive coaches," he said.

The coach also did not hesitate to open the door to the national team again for

, who is performing at a high level at Barça so that he can say goodbye to La Roja in the

.

"

. If he is Spanish, he wants and wants, it could be," said Luis Enrique who wanted to avoid any kind of controversy due to the departure of his staff from Jesús Casas.

"His departure from him was due to the fact that I am ultimately responsible for everything that happens in my staff. Staffs are constantly evolving, which is what is sought in modern football," he settled.

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