Luis Enrique’s attitude towards journalists is starting to seriously annoy the profession. Daniel Riolo voiced his criticism regarding the PSG coach’s communication.
For those who know Luis Enrique and his relationship with the media, this is not really a surprise. Already when he was coaching with FC Barcelona, and more recently with the Spanish national team, the tactician made sure to reduce his exchanges with the press to the strict minimum. Preferring, for example, to talk about his choices and his job on his own social networks, Luis Enrique has not fundamentally changed upon arriving on the bench of Paris Saint-Germain. And the French press has now assimilated it well. Enough to make some people groan.
Sunday evening after the match won in Rennes by PSG (1-3, 8th day of Ligue 1), Luis Enrique distinguished himself by paying Alexandre Ruiz, on the antenna of Free Ligue 1reproaching the lifelong journalist live “ look for the negative » and not to “ understand nothing“. For his part, Daniel Riolo was annoyed by the Spanish coach’s communication and his attitude during press conferences. “ If he continues like this, he’s going to have to really win a lot of matches for people not to worry about him.“, he said on RMC.
“A kind of hatred on the face”
And the journalist continued: “ It’s always the same story. They say that he doesn’t speak to journalists, but through us, he speaks to people who follow PSG and who want to experience the adventure. So if Luis Enrique speaks little or nothing, except to PSG.TV with questions that he will have prepared before and there is no exchange (…), it will be annoying for everyone the world. (…) It’s painful that in 2023 there will be coaches like that… (sigh) » For Daniel Riolo, Luis Enrique’s distrust of journalists is even too visible. “ It’s a bit stupid. He comes, we see that there is a kind of hatred on his face, he wants to get up and leave. It’s a bit painful.“
