At Paris Saint-Germain, players have the best medical technology to monitor their performance. But their coach seems to have chosen another path. According to a portrait published by The TeamLuis Enrique would prefer to rely on natural medicine rather than traditional treatments. Enough to surprise in a club where the slightest cold is treated as a scientific emergency.
The 55-year-old Spaniard has long cultivated a unique relationship with his body. The former Barça midfielder, a fan of triathlons, marathons and intensive cycling sessions, demands a strict lifestyle and a rejection of processed products. Even when he falls ill, the media reports that he favors natural remedies and alternative solutions. A personal choice, but one that stands out in an environment where performance is based above all on science and data.
Luis Enrique, a cult of the body taken to the extreme
Luis Enrique does not just preach rigor: he lives it every day. Connected watch on the wrist, precise power supply, constant monitoring of his body data… the PSG coach applies to himself what he demands of his players. His relationship with the body has become a real discipline, sometimes perceived as an obsession. He would have even already walked barefoot on the grounds of the Paris Campus, to the great astonishment of the locker room.
At PSG, Luis Enrique challenges science with his natural methods
This philosophy, between control and naturalism, intrigues as much as it amuses in a club accustomed to measuring everything. Because at a time when laboratories, DEXA machines and physiotherapists reign at Camp des Loges, seeing your trainer prefer herbal teas to anti-inflammatories is confusing. A touch of irony even circulates in the corridors: at PSG, some treat their pain with the cold, others… with plants.
A coach outside the box
The fact remains that in Paris, Luis Enrique continues to embrace this uncompromising way of life. The man does not seek to convince, only to converse. And if he admits a single deviation, it's over a good glass of wine after the matches — “at not cheap rates”, according to the sports daily. A detail that sums up the character well: demanding, different, sometimes confusing, but always true to himself.
