Genoa defender Nicolas Burdisso believes Luis Enrique didn’t get the respect he deserved during his ill-fated time on the Roma bench.
The Barcelona Coach spent the 2011-2012 season in the Italian capital, but left just one year into a three year deal after the Giallorossi failed to qualify for Europe.
Burdisso played under Luis Enrique that season, and says the Spanish Coach wasn’t given enough respect due to being a foreigner.
Genoa defender Nicolas Burdisso believes Luis Enrique didn’t get the respect he deserved during his ill-fated time on the Roma bench.
The Barcelona Coach spent the 2011-2012 season in the Italian capital, but left just one year into a three year deal after the Giallorossi failed to qualify for Europe.
Burdisso played under Luis Enrique that season, and says the Spanish Coach wasn’t given enough respect due to being a foreigner.
“He paid great attention to detail and was always watching the opposition,” The Argentinian recalled in an interview with Marca.
“He’s a perfectionist who is meticulous, but I think he didn’t get the respect he deserved [at Roma] because he’s young and was in a new place.
“He’s also foreign.
“However, it’s impossible to speak ill of him and nobody at Roma did that. He’s an absolute innovator who arrived at a time when the club was in a process of change, with new leadership, young signings and some veterans.
“When he was here we started to play from the back, with one-on-one actions, and took risks. In Italy they didn’t do that before.
“Luis Enrique was key in that developing in Calcio, particularly with Antonio Conte’s Juventus, who also started to play the ball out of defence.”
Burdisso also praised Luis Enrique’s leadership and insisted that his style will be more suited to Barcelona than Serie A.
“He’s a leader who had no favourites and treated everyone equally.
“He liked dialogue, both collectively and individually, and talked a lot, particularly with me, [Francesco] Totti…that, obviously, clashed in Rome, but it is a philosophy that deserves respect because it has worked.
“At Barcelona it will be easier to apply because they are all great players.”