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Luis Enrique could step down as Spain boss and return to club football after the World Cup as the country's FA admit they 'cannot compete' financially with teams looking to poach the ex-Barcelona manager

Related Topics: Luis Enrique, Luis Rubiales

Spain coach Luis Enrique looks increasingly likely to leave the job to go back to club management at the end of the World Cup, after the president of the Spanish Football Federation said his manager had already turned down a huge offer from the Premier League once before.

The 52-year-old former Barcelona and Roma coach has given his world to Federation president Luis Rubiales that he will sit down with him as soon as the World Cup ends. Rubiales told Cadena Ser that a decision should be made in January by the latest.

Speaking to the Spanish radio programme El Larguero Rubiales said: ‘We cannot compete with clubs that put down 10 or 20m euros.