SEEING supporters pay tribute to the victims of a terrorist attack in his home city proved an emotional experience for Pep Clotet.

The Oxford United boss was born and grew up in Barcelona, where 14 people were killed in two attacks on Thursday.

Clotet knows Las Ramblas, where 13 people died and more than 100 were injured, very well and had spent hours in the aftermath speaking to friends and family back home.

It will also have made an impact on the other Catalan in United’s squad – midfielder Xemi, who joined this summer after playing in Barcelona’s B team.

A minute’s silence was observed before games across the country on Saturday and Clotet was moved by the mark of respect shown by Oxford United and Scunthorpe United fans at Glanford Park.

He said: “It’s been very tough for the last two days. I have made a lot of calls to people who live nearby.

“It’s very sad because this is an area (Las Ramblas) we used to go a lot to do some shopping or to eat, so it has been very sad when things like this happen.

“The fact that the English football fans support the people of my country and commemorated it with a minute’s silence, it got very emotional for me.”