By Wilson Florez
Aug 31, 2024, 10:35 AM EDT
Rafa Marquez He is a former Mexican footballer who has gradually grown in his new role as a coach. The former FC Barcelona player will be one of Javier Aguirre’s assistants in the Mexican national team. The “Kaiser” would have rejected big offers for El Tri.
The former captain of the Mexican national team will be one of the strategic minds on whom the responsibility of making a good performance at the 2026 World CupAlong with Javier Aguirre, the “Kaiser” is the face of this new process.
However, the decision to accept the position at El Tri would not have been so simple. Rafa Márquez would have had the opportunity to manage great teams in Europe, but his commitment to Mexico was greater.
Javier Aguirre’s experience, Rafa Márquez’s career and the proven leadership of both together in the Mexican National Team with a view to 2026 and Project 2030. How can we not be excited?
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— National Team (@miseleccionmx) July 22, 2024
Rafa Márquez put Mexico above Europe
According to information from Gibrpan Araige, a journalist from the TUDN network, Rafa Márquez had the opportunity to manage important European teams. Even the “Kaiser” could have had a much bigger role than El Tri because he could have been a technical director.
The information explains that one of the clubs that rejected was the FC Porto. This club is one of the giants of Portugal. In fact, FC Porto is currently one of the leaders of the Primeira Liga with three wins in as many matches.
The other club that Márquez would have rejected would be the Monaco. This French team is one of the animators of Ligue 1. In the recent tournamentMonaco are also one of the leaders with two wins in as many games.
FC Porto 🇵🇹 and AS Monaco 🇫🇷 had Rafa Márquez 🇲🇽 on their list of candidates to take over as technical director of the team. Finally, the ‘Kaiser’ chose the Mexican National Team.
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— Julio Rodriguez (@julioordz10) July 20, 2024
The other club that would have tempted the “Kaiser” would have been the National AthleticThis Colombian team is also a prestigious club in South America and is in the top positions in the Primera A Category of the coffee-growing country. Atlético Nacional is in third place in the table with four wins, one draw and two losses..
There is no doubt that these were very attractive proposals for Rafa Márquez, especially for the opportunity to manage a first division club. The only experience as a technical director was with the Barcelona Athletica club where he was on the bench for 82 games.
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