Rafael Márquez ends the mystery; they say he accepted to be the assistant of “Vasco” Aguirre

After several days and hours of mystery, of conflicting versions, of mentioning candidates that could fit the personality of Javier Aguirre, it is finally confirmed that the former captain of the Mexican national team, Rafael Márquez agreed to join the “Vasco” team in a project that will cover not only the 2026 World Cup, but will continue until 2030, where The former Atlas, Monaco, Barcelona, ​​New York Red Bull and León player will be directly responsible for the Mexican national team.

This version emerged on the UTDN channel, where it was assured that Márquez only hopes to communicate the decision to the Barcelona board of directors to leave his position in the Barca B squad and join the work plans that Aguirre has in the Mexican team that starting on August 2 will have a fight against the clock to prepare the Aztec team as best as possible for the most successful participation possible in the 2026 World Cup.

In the afternoon it was said that Rafael Márquez along with Ramón Morales, Gabriel Caballero and Jorge Campos, would have options to be chosen as one of Aguirre’s assistants, but in the end the decision fell on the five-time World Cup player. with the Mexican national team in South Korea and Japan 2002, Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018.

The reason why Rafael Márquez now agreed to join the national team, unlike the invitation made by Jaime Lozano, is that the Mexican Football Federation guaranteed him that in the two years remaining For the 2026 World Cup, he will have the opportunity to gain experience and once the World Cup is over, which will be organized in a tripartite manner by Mexico, the United States and Canada, The great captain of the Tricolor will take the reins as the person directly responsible.

That small detail made Márquez change his mind, and he will now try to pour out all those experiences that he accumulated in his career of almost more than two decades in the national jersey where participated in events such as the Copa América in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2015 and the Copa Centenario, the Confederations Cup in 1999, 2005 and 2017, as well as countless qualifying and preparation matches against rivals of all kinds in Concacaf.

Márquez will also have the opportunity to put at the service of the Mexican national team the experiences that came from his expulsion against the Americans in the 2002 World Cup for an unnecessary blow. against Cobi Jones, the handball against Portugal in the 2006 World Cup, the famous foul against Dutchman Arjen Robben and many more, such as the goal against Argentina in the 2006 World Cup, among many more.

It is expected that in the next few hours Márquez will sign the agreement that will link him to Javier Aguirre’s technical team in this new adventure of the Basque, where for the third time he will take the reins in an emergency form of the Mexican team in search of surpassing the numbers he has had in the international event after failing in an attempt to reach the fifth match, with painful defeats in the round of 16 against the United States and in South Africa 2010 against Argentina.

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