Already it said it Luis Enrique in press conference before the first official party of the season 2016-17: "this is the best staff that have since I am in the bench of the Barça", ensured the Asturian technician. And the true is that, in spite of that some results have not accompanied in the last months, "Struggle" is showing to base of minutes that trusts the big majority of his players for parties of high competitive level.
Proof of this is that, of the 22 players that compose the staff of the first team, a total of 14 have contested already more than 1.000 official minutes since it gave beginning the course, whereas of the rest there is some that are near to arrive to such figures, as Denis Suárez (972 minutes), Rafinha Alcántara (796 minutes) or Andrés Iniesta, the one who so only accumulates this campaign 726 official minutes because of the injury that kept him two months separated of the terrains of game.
To day of today the most used player by Luis Enrique this season has been Marc-André Ter Stegen (1.710), just by in front of Luis Suárez, with 1630 minutes, and of a Neymar Jr that adds 25 minutes less than the portentoso leading Uruguayan of the Barça. Leo Messi, the best player of the world, finds in seventh position with 1.474 minutes, had to also to some physical problems that moved him away three weeks of the fields.
Before that Leo Messi find Sergio Busquets (1.556 minutes), Mascherano (1.549) and Sergi Roberto (1.530), confirming the central Argentinian like the defender that has played more minutes, although paradoxically it is the one who has more competition with the presence of Samuel Umtiti in the staff. The case is that after Leo Messi arrive Gerard Hammered (1.371) and Ivan Rakitic (1.301).
Umtiti And Digne, the most used signings
The two more used signings are being up to now the two French, Samuel Umtiti (1.146 minutes) and Lucas Digne (1.080), whereas they follow them André Gomes (1.078), Jordi Alba (1.071) and Burn Turan (1.066), the one who completes the "club of the one thousand minutes" in the Barça.
The last in this classification, after the already mentioned Denis, Rafinha and Andrés Iniesta, are Paco Alcácer (683), Jeremy Mathieu (394), Aleix Vidal (360) and Jasper Cillessen (360), whereas Jordi Masip is the only player that still has not had minutes this season.