FC Barcelona has Rafa Márquez to occupy the position of coach of its subsidiary team with whom the Mexican will be next season, this according to a recent report from ESPN in which they assure that the Barça board wants to keep the coach in his current position.
After constant rumors and denials about the possibility that Rafa Márquez is a candidate to take over the reins of FC Barcelona starting next season with the expected departure of Xavi Hernández, the Mexican will remain with the Catalans but in the reserve team.
According to the renowned news channel The culé board, headed by Joan Laporta, is satisfied with the work that Rafa Márquez has been carrying out at the head of Barcelona Athletic, a team he joined as coach in 2022 after a brief spell at Real Alcalá (cadet A).
The name of the Mexican coach began to be heard strongly as a possible replacement for Xavi Hernández, who had been questioned due to the poor results achieved by FC Barcelona. At the time, Laporta himself considered Márquez as a candidate.
However, shortly after next season.
But if the renewal of the Mexican as technical director of the FC Barcelona subsidiary team is confirmed, it can be confirmed that the Barça club see him as a possibility to eventually reach the first team, following the path that Pep Guardiola did at the time.
This season, Rafa Márquez’s Barcelona Athletic is in fourth place in the First Federation classification, a category that corresponds to the Spanish third division. After the first 25 rounds, the team led by the Mexican coach is in the playoff positions for promotion to the second division.
Those led by Rafa Márquez have won a total of 13 games with five draws and seven losses. They add 44 points, four points behind the leaders, Ponferradina. Their top scorer is Pau Víctor with 14 goals in 22 games played, leading the championship’s top scorers table.
The season’s champion gets a direct pass to the second division as well as a place for the next edition of the Copa del Rey, while the next four classified in the table will compete in a playoffs for passes to both competitions. the upcoming campaign.
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