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Bobby Vincent

How Luis Enrique transformed Barcelona as former Spain boss flies into London for Chelsea talks

When Luis Enrique took the Barcelona job in May 2014, the club were still very much stuck in the Pep Guardiola way of playing.

It's not exactly a bad system to be stuck in. Guardiola is the most successful Barcelona boss in recent history but when he left the club in June 2012, it took a while for the La Liga giants to form a new identity once again.

Tito Vilanova and Gerardo Martino both had short spells post-Pep and before Enrique, but neither stayed around long enough to create a new way of playing in Catalonia. It was up to Enrique to do what seemed like a really difficult job. Get Barcelona playing the best football once again while being successful in doing so and standing out from what we saw at the Nou Camp under Guardiola.

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