AS Roma sports chief Walter Sabatini is delighted with the way the team is now responding to coach Luis Enrique.

Enrique has been linked with a return to Barcelona at the end of this season.

Sabatini said: "A vote for Enrique? The maximum possible, 10 then. He is a beast, very good. He is a great conductor, a tireless worker with an internal fire, a spark that is perpetually lit.

"He wants to implement a courageous football, although sometimes it has not paid off. But, this is the way we want to pursue, even though we know we're going to encounter some difficulties.

"So far we have only constructed conditions to encourage it to grow."