Football: MSN is the best forward line in football history - Luis Enrique

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique claims his front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar is the best forward line in football history.

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The trio scored 122 goals as Barca landed a La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League treble last season and have been equally impressive this term - despite Messi missing almost two months with a knee injury.

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They are all set to play on Saturday as table-topping Barca go to Valencia and Luis Enrique is thrilled to have such quality at his disposal.

Asked whether he thought Messi, Neymar and Suarez was the best attacking line-up the club has ever had, the Barca boss went one step further.

"For Barcelona I think so,” he said in a media conference on Friday ahead of Saturday's La Liga clash with Valencia.

“I would even say in the history of football because to get players together of this level with their individual ability, to get that many goals and support each other in this way, it has never happened on any other team in recent history.

"I don't know everything about the history of football but I would say yes [they are the best ever]."

Former Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo resigned in the immediate aftermath of last Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Sevilla, with Gary Neville named as his successor until the end of the season.

Voro and Neville's brother Philip will take charge Valencia for the Barca clash, though Luis Enrique does not believe that Los Che's recent changes will make his side's task any easier.

"We are taking on a team that have changed their coach and that presents some difficulties and creates a couple of doubts," he said. "We are going to continue to do the good things that we have been doing the past couple of weeks but it will be a difficult game.

"They have good quality players that are young and, looking at the way they've been playing, they are an outstanding team."

Barca go into the contest top of La Liga and in wonderful form, having won their last seven games in all competitions, scoring 28 goals in the process.

But the former Spain midfielder knows it will not be easy with Valencia unbeaten at home in La Liga since Barca went there and won 1-0 just over 12 months ago thanks to Sergio Busquets' injury-time goal.

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Luis Enrique added: "It's certainly one of the most difficult grounds we go to.

"But all streaks have to come to an end, whether it's a good streak or a bad streak. Last year we won in the last minute and we are going there for the three points again."

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