Spain coach Luis Enrique insists they do not obsess with metrics and statistics when selecting players.
Enrique was responding to complaints from former Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas, now of AS Monaco, about the obsession of today's coaches in GPS stats.
Enrique said, “Football is a high-level sport and footballers are athletes. But athletes with talent.
“In our case, that isn't true [what Fabregas says], the first thing we look for is talent. If that was the case, then Pedri wouldn't play a single second with us, he wouldn't even warm up.
“It could be that is the case for the rest of football, but not for us."
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