Rafa Marquez has gained more and more importance within Spanish football. The work of the “Kaiser” on the bench of the Blaugrana team has made him a possible candidate to assume the technical direction of the FC Barcelona first team. However, a couple of stories promoting a Mexican betting house would have generated discomfort within the club.
Obviously, betting houses and sport should not coexist hand in hand. Cases of match-fixing have been increasingly recurrent and this calls into question professionalism during the development of the meetings.
Rafa Márquez would have advertised a Mexican betting house through his personal networks. The former FC Barcelona defender leads the Blaugrana team’s youth team. These publications generate suspicions and would put their staff under the spotlight for a possible case of fixing.
Under these circumstances, The board of directors of the Catalan team would not have been very pleased with these publications from the Aztec. In fact, due to their poor receptivity, the Kaiser was forced to eliminate them.
“FC Barcelona is very upset with the coach of the Barça subsidiary, Rafa Márquez. Four days after his first commercial action in favor of a betting house in his country, the Mexican coach has used his Instagram account again – in this case the ‘stories’ – to advertise the same sports betting brand. In the club there is a lot of indignation with the Mexican,” explained Mundo Deportivo.
According to ESPN, Rafa Márquez would not be sanctioned by the club, since the regulations There is nothing concrete that establishes a punishment in this type of case. However, the internal murmurs and annoyances would not go unnoticed.
Rafa Márquez and his possible arrival to the first team
Since it became known that Xavi Hernández will not continue on the FC Barcelona bench for next season, one of the most viable options was Rafa Márquez.
The Mexican coach has done a good job with Barcelona Atletic and his arrival to the first team It would represent a much smaller financial effort than hiring a renowned strategist.
However, this incident could affect the image of the “Kaiser”. In a context in which FC Barcelona has not yet chosen Hernández’s successor, Rafa Márquez now has some negative points for this election.
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