Ex-Spain and Barcelona manager Luis Enrique writes emotional note after his nine-year-old daughter dies of bone cancer
FirstpostLuis Enrique resigned as national coach in June ‘due to the reasons which had prevented me from fulfilling my duties as normal since last March’ he said at the time. “Our daughter Xana passed away this afternoon at nine years old, after fighting for five intense months against osteosarcoma,” Luis Enrique tweeted. Luis Enrique resigned as national coach in June “due to the reasons which had prevented me from fulfilling my duties as normal since last March” he said at the time. 💙 — Manchester City August 29, 2019 The president of the Spanish football federation Luis Rubiales sent a message to his former coach: “Always by your side, next to Elena and your whole family.” La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid also posted their condolences on social media, while the reaction to the sad news crossed into other sports.