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Rafa Márquez with Barça Athletic

MÁRQUEZ STILL FIGHTING FOR PROMOTION TO SEGUNDA

Barça want to make sure Rafa Marquez stays in the reserve team if Xavi stays

Published:24/04/2024 - 10:23h

Updated:24/04/2024 - 10:23h

FC Barcelona do not want to lose Rafa Márquez as an option for the first team bench and are already working on renewing him for another season, regardless of whether or not Xavi can continue until 2025

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The arrival of Rafa Márquez in the summer of the 2022 to the bench of the Barça Atlètic has meant a performance in constant improvement for the team in this time, being able to even contest play-offs of consecutive way with the filial of the FC Barcelona. It is thus that in the club are very satisfied with the work that has made the Mexican, by what in the dispatches have taken the decision to offer him a season more than agreement.

Like this it informs it 'Sport', aiming that the Barça will do the ofrecimiento immediately and the renewal of Márquez would be imminent and even will not be related with the final result that obtain the Barça Atlètic this season. This offer would represent a sample of confidence of the managerial culé to the ex captain of Mexico since the Barça is convinced that Márquez can be the natural relief of Xavi Hernández at the head of the first team in a future, still if the egarense continues until 2025 or 2026.

 

A stage that has left feelings very positive with Márquez

It is worthwhile to highlight that Márquez initiated this adventure like trainer with an initial agreement until June of 2023, but everything seems to indicate that his stage in Can Barça would extend at least another year more, thanks to his work and good results in the field, but also to the sample of his adaptation to the Barcelona philosophy. In fact, it has given a jump further of the paramount aim that the filial has, as it is the training of footballers to give the jump to the first Catalan team.

The true is that, a year more, is fulfilled with grow, being able to equalise the register of the past campaign and reach again the playoff, which always is the main regarding triumphs. This aim is so near that even it can be a reality this same weekend, when they still remain 5 days for contesting.

The filial of the Barça, very near to complete another positive course

It is not easy to certify it mathematically in this next date 34, as the Barcelona subsidiary has a visit complicated in front of the Ponferradina, and besides, depends on other results. However, still it keeps options to assault the leadership and can rise of automatic way, an aim that would give him more strength still to Márquez to arrive to the first team, already was this summer, if Xavi leaves , or any one of the two following.