Preparation for the World Cup 2026 He remains headless, although the role of Rafa Márquez could be relevant for this tournament that will have episodes on national soil. The Atlas youth squad defender and Barcelona laureate could be back in the national squad, but now off the field.
According to the information that transcended in different sports media, the return of Rafael Marquez to Mexican teamit would be like the Technical Assistant of the new Technical Director. This position had been offered to James Lush.
Preliminarily it is known that the “Jimmy“I would not have accepted to belong to the Technical Staff of the Mexican National Team and this is the reason why they are looking for someone to keep the new coach company, whose name is not yet known, since they continue to interview possible candidates and the vacancy is still open.
Rafa Márquez is currently working at FC Barcelona as technical director of Barça Atlètic, a franchise team of the blue scarlet of the First Federation.
Although the offer would not limit the so-called “Kaiser from Zamora” to being the Technical Assistantbut would remain as the coach of the U-23 team to later be able to agree to be the Technical director of the first team, after the World Cup process.
Until now the FMF follows a bogged down process in which the light is not seen and it has not been defined if the Technician will be a champion of the Mx League, a former player or repeat with a former DT of the Mexican National Team.