Luis Enrique to have year-long break from football
Tuesday 4 April 2017 18:44, UK
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has revealed he will take a year-long sabbatical from football at the end of the season.
The 46-year-old, who announced last month that he would be leaving the club, said he wants to take a break due to "tiredness".
Speaking ahead of the La Liga clash with Sevilla on Wednesday, which is live on Sky Sports, the former Barca player said: "If I'm leaving Barcelona, my home, where I have a great relationship with the club and the players, it's purely for tiredness.
"I need to recover. I'm not thinking about other teams.
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"It will be a year to recover, but now what's left to do is to end the season with all our objectives achieved."
Luis Enrique could mark his final season at the Spanish giants with more trophies as the club could go top of La Liga with victory against fourth-placed Sevilla, who are without a win in their past five games.
They have a Champions League quarter-final against Juventus on the horizon following their stunning comeback to beat Paris Saint-Germain in the last round, and are in next month's Copa Del Rey final against Alaves.
Other managers who have taken a sabbatical include Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola after leaving Barcelona in 2012 before becoming Bayern Munich manager and Thomas Tuchel, who returned to football in 2015 to take charge of Borussia Dortmund.
