The Problem Of Sculpturing Funds, This Is Barcelona Coach Candidate To Replace Xavi Hernandez

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez. (X/@FCBarcelona)

JAKARTA - Barcelona have prepared a coach to replace Xavi Hernandez. Because of the tenuous funds, Barca chose the coach from the 'ownership'.

Barca still hopes Xavi will cancel his withdrawal and continue to handle the team. Moreover, Xavi's performance was not disappointing.

He brought Barca to the Champions League quarter-finals. Not only that, Barca are also perched second behind Real Madrid.

If Xavi remains in his decision to step down as a coach, Barca has actually targeted Brighton and Hove Albion manager Robert De Zerbi.

However, Barca may have difficulty bringing De Zerbi to Spain. The reason is, Barca had to redeem De Zerbi's release clause which reached 14 million euros. Moreover, this Italian man has no intention of leaving England.

Moreover, De Zerbi has been targeted by English elite Premier League clubs if he no longer handles Brighton. De Zerbi is expected to move to Manchester United or Liverpool who have already targeted him.

Other coaches who are candidates include German national team coaches Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel who leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season. Furthermore, there is Hansi Flick, a former German coach who is likely to return to Bayern.

However, all of the candidates died. The financial problems, aka the disbursed funds, made it difficult for the club to find coaches from outside.

In the aftermath, the Blaugrana again looked at Rafael Marquez, Barcelona B or Barca Athletic coach who competed in the third caste to handle the team competing in La Liga Spain.

If you appoint 'insiders' as Xavi's replacement, the club clearly doesn't need to spend money. This is an important factor in determining the new coach.

In addition, Marquez is a former Barca pillar so this Mexican man understands Barca's philosophy very well. He also achieved success with Barca by winning various trophies, including the Champions League. 2006 and 2009.

Not only that, Marquez also has a close relationship with club president Joan Laporta and Sports Drektur, Deco. He also knows a lot about Barca's academy.

This allows Marquz to continue the tradition of maximizing young players who are La Masia products, Barca's proud academy.

More than that Barca hopes that Marquez can follow in Pep Guardiola's footsteps. Yes, Guardiola was taken by Barca from team B and then achieved great success. He even now reaped success at Manchester City.

After Guardiola, Barca continued the coach project from team B by bringing Luis Enrique. However, Enrique had time to deal with AS Roma and Ceta Vigo after leaving Barca Athletics.

As soon as he left Celta, he then handled the senior Los Cules team. Enrique was also successful in becoming a coach in the senior team by winning various trophies, including trebles.

Marquez is like Guardiola, who had minimal experience before coaching a senior team competing in La Liga. Only, can Marquez follow Guardiola's success? Still need proof.