After a decade of open war, PSG and FC Barcelona have buried the hatchet. Notably thanks to a Luis Enrique strongly tinged with blaugrana.
On Sunday, we relayed the information from Sport, which ensures that the sports directors of PSG and FC Barcelona, Luis Campos and Deco, have sealed a non-aggression pact. This concerns Dani Olmo in particular, but not only that… Lamine Yamal, who would have been the subject of a huge offer from the French champions during the summer, is also concerned. This pact is quite surprising, given that the two clubs have been at war since Qatar invested in Paris. The Barcelona management at the time did not fail to point out the financial doping carried out by QSI at PSG, even though it had benefited from a very generous sponsorship contract from Qatar Airways just before. Things degenerated in 2017 with the comeback, the attempt to recruit Marco Verratti by Barça and the scathing response from the Parisians with the €222 million paid to attract Neymar. A polar cold had set in between the two camps but things are starting to return to normal.
Luis Enrique wants to establish Barcelona principles in Paris
This rapprochement owes a lot to Luis Enrique, player (from 1996 to 2004) then coach (2014-17) of the great Catalan club. In addition to his very Barcelona playing principles, the Spanish coach wants to impose the principles of La Masia in Paris. Please note that all youth teams play the same way as the professionals and that there are many bridges between the center and the pros. In today's edition, Le Parisien explains that there was a large round table organized at the training center on December 13 between Luis Enrique, his staff and all the club's educators. In addition to congratulating them for their work, the former striker insisted on the need to have the same playing principles within the club. “The initiative echoes what the Parisian coach experienced on the Barcelona Masia side,” we can read in the regional daily.
But everything is not settled between the two clubs, since we can also see a little further on in the article: “PSG refuses to make any comparison with the Spanish club”. The war is still very fresh in the minds of the belligerents, there is no question of recognizing a direct lineage in the methodologies…
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