COMMENT: Pep Guardiola, at Bayern Munich, is a wanted man. As is Diego Simeone with Atletico Madrid. Plus there's free agents Carlo Ancelotti and Brendan Rodgers.
If the manager is shaky at a major club, all these names are mentioned. But why not Luis Enrique? Why is it the man who guided Barcelona to a historic Treble last season - and has his team sitting at the summit in Spain ahead of the El Clasico - is always overlooked?
It's not like his relationship with Josep Maria Bartomeu, the Barca president, is rock solid. It's certainly not the love-in of Guardiola and Joan Laporta. Yet, Enrique is ignored time and again when it comes to big clubs seeking a new, big name manager. Today, even Andre Villas-Boas, at Zenit St Petersburg, is getting a mention ahead of the Barca coach!
Even if you are only as good as your last game, Enrique's management of Barca this season, after all the glory of last term, still stacks up against any coach in the game - including Guardiola.
As he takes his Barca to Real Madrid on Saturday, Enrique has managed to manoeuvre both the team and the club around countless pitfalls which would've done in a lesser coach. Real Madrid really have no excuse. Given everything that's happened to Barca over recent months, there should be daylight between themselves and the Catalans. Instead, Barca go into the El Clasico with the potential of moving six points clear at the top of the table.
And all this without Lionel Messi for two months. Without summer signings Aleix Vidal and Arda Turan - courtesy of FIFA. Without Rafinha. With all the tax problems engulfing Neymar. With the threats of jail hanging over Bartomeu. Having to bed down a new sports director, Robert Fernandez, with next to no experience in the role. The Gerard Pique booing. And on and on, the list goes - and grows. Every week, there seems to be another spot fire needing Enrique's attention.
Yet, he's kept the team - and the club - together.
The coach has kept the egos in check. He's managed the transition of Xavi's leadership to Andres Iniesta. He's been able to handle the demands of Neymar and Messi. Enrique has shown he can handle the temperament of the game's biggest stars.
But he also knows how to bring through local talent.
Arguably, the biggest story in Spain so far this season has been Sergi Roberto. It's not Guardiola who has him playing out of his skin. Nor Tata Martino. But Enrique. People forget, Roberto's now 23, he made his first team debut six years ago. But it's only this season, after being persuaded by Enrique to stick it out for one more year, that he's now fulfilling his potential. Thanks to the support of the coach.
For all the friction with Messi and Neymar, there's plenty of evidence showing players want to play for Enrique.
If Nolito is to leave Celta Vigo in January, his priority will be a reunion with his "football father", Enrique. The striker first played for Enrique with Barca B and was tempted back to Spain from Benfica thanks to Enrique's presence as Celta coach.
The Treble should be enough. But his man-management of Barca's superstars. His willingness to bring through young players. His ability to re-adjust tactics to handle the absence of his No1 player. All these feats should propel Enrique into the top rung of the world's great coaches today. If not make him No1.
By rights, for all the chaos swirling around Barca, they should be limping into the El Clasico. Instead, they'll face Real Madrid, on their patch, as outright favourites. And thanks to the oft-neglected Luis Enrique.
