Luis Enrique will not stay at Barcelona beyond the June expiry of his contract. The decision comes as no surprise. Since the start of the season he has refused to respond to continued requests to talk about his future beyond the summer and has now revealed he told the club's hierarchy in preseason that he felt this was always likely to be his final year in charge.
What did come as a surprise, though, was the timing of his announcement. Barca hammered Sporting Gijon on Wednesday -- moving top of the league -- and as another typically mundane Luis Enrique news conference drew to an end, a couple of things caught the eye.