Luis Enrique: 'An important game'

ATTACKING STRENGTH

"We have a lot of players who can play up front. It's good to be able to play all our attackers, and when it works, it's fantastic. They can score and set up goals."

SQUAD CONFIDENCE

"Confidence comes with good results. We had some difficult results early in the season, but when you win, everything is great, and confidence builds with victories."

CLERMONT

"They don't deserve to be bottom of the table. They play good football, work well, and last season had a very solid base. They're one of the best teams defensively. It's an important game, because it comes a few days before a Champions League away game. We mustn't drop off and underestimate our opponents. It won't be an easy game."

DISCIPLINE

"The club, the board, the staff, we are against all forms of discrimination."

TURNOVER

"My aim is to show all the players that every game counts. I want to select the best team possible and create confidence. That's why I want to be able to give everyone playing time."

BARCOLA

"It was an objective to sign Bradley. He showed his level with Lyon and at international level. We wanted to strengthen the squad with a  player of that quality, his youth and talent. He's been with us for three weeks, but he's showing what he can do. He suits our style well, he can create space, has a good shot. He's a complete player with a bright future."

THE LEVEL OF THE TEAM

"There's a lot of things to improve. In a learning process, there is always a phase at the start where you have to learn a lot. We're still in that phase, I've been very happy with the players since I took over, but we're still far from the level we want to achieve in attack and defence."

THE SQUAD

"Kylian Mbappé trained with the squad today, he's available. He has had some treatment and done some specific sessions, but he's in shape to play. For Nuno Mendes, we have to be careful with all of that. We've got enough strength in depth, but we have to find solutions because the season is long." 

CHER NDOUR

"He's very young, and has a lot of potential, but he's not played too much as of now. He's working well, he's always available. He'll play this season. My players are able to learn new things, he's one of them. He's a player for the future."

HAKIMI

"He's the same player. We can deal with players individually, but they remain the same. He has a lot of potential to improve in a lot of areas, but he he corresponds totally with what we want to put in place."