31.07.2009 17:32
L. Enrique: “A manager who left his mark”
Edgar Fornós
Barça Atlètic coach Luis Enrique Martínez learned of the death of his former coach Bobby Robson while in El Montanyà. The Asturian described the Englishman as “a manager who left his mark”.
Luis Enrique Martínez and Bobby Robson both came to FC Barcelona in 1996/97. The player signed from
Real Madrid while the manager arrived from Porto. The man who now coaches the Barça reserves has
fond memories of that first season and of Robson: “It was a fantastic year both for football
and for personal experiences. Although he was only on the bench for a year, Robson was a manager
who left his mark”.
“A very intimate person”
One
of the many virtues Luis Enrique remembers of Bobby Robson was his human quality. “He was a
very intimate man. He found it hard to speak Spanish and spoke to us in English, but was very
intimate in his manner”.
“Only good words”
Luis Enrique went on to say that “he is a great loss not just in a
footballing sense, people only had good words for him wherever he went, he was also a very likeable
person on a human level”.