Lionel Messi is just two goals shy of Telmo Zarra's record, should the mercurial forward manage to score a hat-trick during Saturday's encounter he will become La Liga's all time leading goal scorer. The Argentine international completed 10 years since his debut against Espanyol on Thursday and should he break the record set by the Athletic Bilbao legend, it will mark a great day for the player and the club.
However his manager Luis Enrique has claimed that the entire team will be focused on achieving collective rather than individual goals as Barcelona aim for their seventh league win of the season.
"We haven't spoken about any records. All that interests us is the collective good of the team. I've not heard any comments about it in the locker room either," he said.
"Our attention is focused only in getting the three points against Eibar. Records are always something that will be achieved but they're not our aim. Our aim is to win games and nothing more.
"We've got a number of different games coming up in a very short space of time so I have to be conscious of everything; the form of the players, the long journeys they've had, what I see in training, who the next games are against, everything.
"I haven't seen any signs of relaxation or distraction. The players are used to all the rumours. What I can guarantee is that they'll go out there on the pitch without any distractions."
The Spaniard also rubbished claims that his star players Suarez and Pedro are undergoing fitness issues also confirming that the latter will start against Eibar on Saturday.
"It's a problem I'm blessed to have with these players. It’s fantastic and it's great to have such competition. I see Luis Suarez training every day. It's hard to say if he's 80 per cent, 90% or 100%," he added.
"But what I do know is that he's in very good shape. Pedro has been training every day, is 100% and I can reveal that he will start. It's not normal for me to do that but now I've said it.
"I don't know why there's been rubbish said about his fitness because he’s in perfect shape."
Eibar on the other hand will be eager to produce a major upset on Saturday. The Basque club have performed admirably so far and currently sit ninth in the league table.
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