Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona central defender and Mexican international Rafael Márquez (29) wants to stay with Barcelona until 2012.
At that moment, the player plans to retire at the highest level before maybe playing a last season with his former Mexican club Atlas de Guadalajara.
The current ontract of the player expires in the summer of 2010, which means that Márquez would like to close a deal with Barcelona on a two-year extension. The defender has therefore given instructions to his agent to start talking with Barcelona (read more here).
Márquez' agent Enrique Nieto was in Barcelona over the last days but didn't met with the club since Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain is still in Japan. The negotiations on the contract renewal are now scheduled to start in January when Nieto will meet with Begiristain and Barcelona general director of football Raül Sanllehí.
Last summer, Márquez seemed on his way out before talking to newly appointed manager Josep Guardiola, who has put his trust in the Mexican. Márquez had two interesting offers from Italian top clubs, one of them from AC Milan, and an offer by Atlético Madrid.
Márquez, who joined Barcelona in the summer of 2003 and who played already 200 official games with the Barcelona shirt, has always prefered to stay in Barcelona. The player is very well integrated in the city, with one of his last investments being becoming a shareholder of the popular Mexican restaurant La Coronela.
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I don't see this as a problem, as long as he doesn't get a big raise. Marquez has been excellent for us. I wouldn't do this until the summer though to see how the season plays out. We could always sell him later if necessary, depending on how the Milito situation goes.
marquez should stay,our defence is rock solid now,with rotations between puyol,marquez,pique,milito they all are wonderfull,the only concern i have is caceres,he doesnt have much expirience and hard tackles allot,he should be better as a rb,lb if he learns the position
also dont forget we have hernique too who is doing great at leverkusen
To me, Marquez and Puyol are THE DEFENCE of Barcelona. No Milito, Pique or Caceres can ever come close.
Marquez and puyol have been the best 1, 2 punch in awhile for barcas defense hope he stays! ive been to that resturant the food is really good!
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