Enrique plays down Messi sub refusal

Barcelona Coach Luis Enrique has insisted there is no problem with Lionel Messi after the forward refused to be substituted against Eibar.

It was reported in the Spanish Press on Monday that Enrique wanted to take Messi off on Saturday, with Munir El Haddadi ready to come on.

Munir did enter the game but it was Neymar who was replaced, allegedly because Messi told the Coach he didn’t want to go off.

Enrique suggested that the reports were intended to cause trouble for Barca where none exists.

“We ask the players before we make changes and then we make a decision,” Enrique explained at a Press conference prior to Barca’s Champions League game against Ajax.

“What happened after that can be interpreted depending on your interest.

“My attitude and my way of doing things won’t change for anything. We consider everything, everything.”

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