Manager Luis Enrique is eager to return to coaching after being fired by Spain’s national team following a disappointing 2022 World Cup campaign. And he already knows where he wants his next job to be.
Speaking with Spanish media outlet Cadena Ser earlier this week, Enrique said that he wishes to coach in the English Premier League. However, he reiterated that he would only take over a team that is capable of doing “important things.”
“I follow above all the Premier [League] because I would like to go to England to work,” Luis Enrique shared. “I wouldn’t go to any team but to one that could do important things, which greatly reduces the number.”
Despite being linked with Tottenham Hotspurs in the wake of Antonio Conte’s exit, Enrique said that he didn’t receive any official approaches from Premier League clubs so far.
“I don’t put my hopes up, really, because there are many candidates,” he added.
Enrique is considered a strong candidate for the Spurs job but will face big competition. The London club’s brass is considering several other high-profile names and has a big list that includes former Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann and their ex-manager Mauricio Pochettino.
Luis Enrique started his managerial career with Barcelona’s B team before embarking on spells with AS Roma and Celta Vigo. He was hired by Barca to coach the first team in 2014 and had a successful stint that included consecutive La Liga titles and a UEFA Champions League trophy in 2014-15.
Enrique left Barcelona in the summer of 2017 after his contract expired and was appointed as Spain’s head coach less than a year later. He led a young Spanish team to a surprising semi-finals appearance in Euro 2020 but underperformed at World Cup in Qatar, where Spain was eliminated in the round of 16 by Morocco. He left his post shortly after the defeat.
