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Enrique: Luis Suarez will make Barcelona debut in El Clasico

ByPA Sport

Updated 24/10/2014 at 12:45 GMT

Luis Enrique has confirmed striker Luis Suarez will make his debut for Barcelona against arch rivals Real Madrid on Saturday.

Luis Suárez (Barcelona)

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El Clasico between Barca and Real Madrid has always been the biggest event on the Primera Division calendar but Suarez's return from his four-month ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini at last summer's World Cup adds extra spice to an already highly-anticipated encounter.
Enrique now has a decision to make as to whether he starts his marquee signing on the bench or goes with a three-pronged attack with Suarez, Neymar and Lionel Messi.
The head coach is highly unlikely to split the Argentinian and the Brazilian, who have scored 13 goals between them in the last five games.
However, Enrique did confirm that Suarez would get some minutes on Saturday.
“He will play some minutes,” he said. "How many? That is the million dollar question. It is an important event for him and he will have some time on the pitch."
Away from the Luis Suarez show, Messi is on the brink of making Primera Division history as he sits just one goal behind Telmo Zarra's record of 251.
The Bernabeu would be the perfect place for the 27-year-old to break the record and Iniesta would be delighted to see him do it, if only because a Messi brace would mean things were going well in the game.
"I just want to see him get past the record, that'd be a good sign for us and mean we are in with a chance of winning," he said.
Barca currently sit at the top of the table, four points clear of Real who are third, and Iniesta is not losing focus on the task at hand amid all the hype surrounding the occasion.
"We will be going there with the intention of winning," he said. "It'd be a big mistake to think that we've got a four-point lead and even if we lose we'll still be top.
"We're just thinking about playing well, winning and stretching our lead in the table, which would be important, but not decisive at this stage of the season."
Enrique has Sergio Busquests back in full training but he has not yet been given the all-clear by the medical staff to play.
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