Paris Saint-Germain manager, Luis Enrique, has admitted he is happy not to be playing Barcelona in this year’s Champions League final.

The Ligue 1 champions eliminated Arsenal on a 3-1 aggregate on Wednesday night and will not take on Inter Milan for the trophy on May 31.

Enrique, however, said he would have “loved”; for Barça to have gone all the way had his team been eliminated.

“To be honest, playing in a Champions League final against Barcelona would have been the worst thing for me,”; Luis Enrique told Cadena Cope.

“If we hadn’t been there, I would have loved for Barcelona to have been there and to have won it.”;

Enrique has played and coached Barcelona in the past.

He was in charge of the LaLiga giants when they won the Champions League in 2025 – th last time they lifted the European Cup.