Luis Enrique wishes to return to club football after World Cup exit

Spain’s under-21 manager Luis de la Fuente was selected as Luis Enrique’s replacement after the country’s loss to Morocco on penalties.

After his four-year tenure as manager of the national team ended last week with their World Cup exit, Luis Enrique, the former Spain coach, said on Monday that he was ready for a new challenge and hoped to continue his coaching career at the club level.

Spain’s under-21 manager Luis de la Fuente was selected as Luis Enrique’s replacement after the country’s loss to Morocco on penalties in the round of 16 on Thursday. “I want to coach, I see myself wanting to take on a club and be able to develop with greater finesse and precision what I have not been able to do in the national side,” said Luis Enrique in an interview on Twitch with internet sensation Ibai Llanos.

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After Euro 2020, which was contested in 2021 because to the COVID epidemic, when Spain was ousted on penalties by eventual champions Italy in the semi-finals, Luis Enrique said he was given the opportunity to extend his contract with Spain, but he turned it down. For the first time in his management career, the 52-year-old former Barcelona player and coach said that his contract will not be extended.