Luis Enrique: "we Are the champions and favourites to win the League 2015-16"

The trainer of the FC Barcelona, Luis Enrique, appeared in press conference this Saturday in the morning, just after the session matinal of training of the team, to answer to all the questions on the start of League BBVA 2015-16 against the Athletic

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In just carry# out statements afterwards and the session of training of the FC Barcelona carried out in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Luis Enrique valued in press conference the complicated visit of the team to Saint Mamés to play against the Athletic of Bilbao the first day of the League BBVA 2015-16 with an announcement plagada of important drops, from among which stand out mainly the ones of Neymar Jr and Gerard Hammered. It will be important to begin winning the first day of League, but Luis Enrique is conscious that the competition will be very long.

"This will be very long. It is the regularity. Begin well always helps. We are the champions and have to defend the title and are favourite thus like the past year said that it was the Athletic. With the step of the weeks the things can change. It will be a League contested, with three or four smart teams to lead the championship".

The Barça arrives better prepared against the Athletic that in the two parties of Supercopa of Spain. "The circumstances now are better that the ones of does few days. We arrive cool and they come to play in Europe. They are uncomfortable, presionan a lot, contragolpean well, defend in short? It concerns me all what would be a party in front of the Athletic". Jordi Alba will play against the "lions".

"I do not know if it will be to play all the party, but will value it a lot. Always I can invent me something". Neymar, instead, will need something more than time to go back to take the rhythm of competition after having surpassed already the paperas. "The evolution will mark it everything. It is as if now it began the pre-season. When they arise this type of unforeseen can not do at all, but he has very good conditions". Pedro has gone to Chelsea, and the team could reinforce.

"The decision of Pedro saw come, he like this did not want to follow and it is necessary to accept it. Have time of fichar to a substitute. we are valuing It. Have time, because independently that fichemos or no until January could not play. We are looking it and working in this same idea". Anyway, already they knew from it does months that the sanction FIFA would be hard.

"That it was a hard and strong sanction knew it. We are accustomed to suffer varapalos lately. We can surpass a lot of things and are smart to compete". The pre-season 2015-16 has been atypical for Luis Enrique. "It has been atypical for having to play two official trophies by the attained the past course. We are in good conditions to compete. We are very ilusionados for doing good football and conquer titles".