Barça's change of course with Rafa Márquez since Deco's resounding "no" in February

Little more than a week after the announcement of Xavi Hernández that it would not continue in the bench of the FC Barcelona when finalising the season, the Barcelona sportive director, Deco, began to leave clear the initial posture of the Barcelona team with regard to how could encarar the process to replace to the egarense. In fact, in the first week of February, Deco ensured that, for example, Rafa Márquez only would be called if it occurred a "urgency".

In that moment, the luso-Brazilian left clear that the trainer of the Barça Atlètic was not considered to direct to the first team culé the next season, trying like this give priority to the possible arrival of an entreandor more contrasted, or even of the continuity of the own Xavi. But those words of Deco have suffered a change improtante, doing even that now the Mexican was the míster that has more options to be the elected if finally Xavi confirmed that it does not go to fulfil his another year of agreement.

The growth of Márquez in this 2024 has been evident

And it is that afterwards that Deco praised the work of Márquez in the filial, and indicated that it was not inside the names that analyses the directive for the next campaign, the Mexican has kept growing inside First RFEF, doing even that the culés can dream with the direct promotion, when being litigating the leadership of the Group 1 with the Sportive The Coruña. Besides, the 'rivals' of Rafa have gone disappearing little by little.

The competition by the bench of the Barça has gone going down

Trainers like Hansi Flick, Luis Enrique, Roberto of Zerbi, Thomas Tuchel or Julian Nagelsmann, for quoting some possible candidates, have gone losing strength, each one by distinct reasons. This has opened the possibility so that the club trust a bit more in a Márquez that would give continuity ensured to a lot of youngsters and besides would not need a period of adaptation to the club, to the city and to the philosophy futbolística of the entity, something that clearly is playing to his favour in the last weeks, leaving very backwards that "no" of Deco in February.