Rafa Márquez has lived a variety of feelings from the moment that Xavi Hernández announced that it would leave the bench of the FC Barcelona when finalising the current season. And it is that the Mexican, that spoke in press conference almost immediately and caused some controversy when commenting that it would expect the necessary, has happened to be directly descartado to the role of trainer of the first Barcelona team to be the big alternative of the club.

The míster of 45 years is right now the first option and even the president Joan Laporta has ensured in the last days that is a name that has contemplated at all times if finally Xavi decides to keep firm in his posture of not fulfilling his last year of agreement. But the situation for the exzaguero has cleared more still since the Barça has gone deleting several of the initial options.

The candidates for the Barça have reduced considerably

The 'German road' has gone losing strength with the step of the weeks, remaining as only real option Hansi Flick and because it still is free and without some concrete interest of the Bayern of Munich and the Liverpool, lyou other two big candidates to hire a technical elite this summer. The same situation sucede with Roberto Of Zerbi, the one who has moved away by a very high clause, upper to the 15 million euros.

Like this then , if Xavi wants to follow, especially if it advances in the Champions and is able to litigate LaLiga to the end, the club it valorá seriously, highlighting that right now it is what wants the Barcelona president. But 'Sport' aims that in the case that the results are not the expected or do not arrive the necessary investment for next year or that Xavi, Rafa Márquez is the option number 1 that contemplates the club.

The options of the also exjugador culé have increased also by the big work that has had with the quarry of the Barça, specifically with the filial. His work has been to highlight, what has not happened unobserved in the sportive direction of the club, andl cual is had to bet so that it arrive to the first team, knowing that they will not have to a capital effort in the economic and that Márquez knows to varied of the youngsters that have consolidated in the first team.