Barcelona could sack Enrique today

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When Real Sociedad scored against Barcelona after just one minute on Sunday night, television cameras honed in on the Barcelona bench, where coach Luis Enrique had left almost £200million worth of his squad.

Enrique is under pressure after leaving almost £200m worth of talent on the bench against Real Sociedad


Neymar turned to Lionel Messi and said: 'You had better get warmed-up'.
The star player's joke at the expense of his manager was symptomatic of the chaos that currently reigns at Barcelona.
They began 2015 in turmoil after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld FIFA's ban on them signing players for the next 12 months and are now in full-blown meltdown with Messi one of several senior players at loggerheads with Luis Enrique, who could be replaced as early as Wednesday despite the board's original intention to give him two games to save himself.
The players' biggest complaint towards the manager, who is yet to name an unchanged team this season, is that they don't know where they stand with him. 
Messi, Neymar and Dani Alves were all given two extra days' holiday over Christmas only to then be told when they returned that they had not trained enough to play the first game of the year.
Messi's desire to play in every match – something that Pep Guardiola nearly always made sure he did – means he took the decision badly and failed to show for training on Monday complaining of gastroenteritis. 
Sick to the stomach of his manager would be another interpretation; the two men are believed to have argued both during Friday's training session and on Sunday in San Sebastian.


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