The painful elimination from the 2022 World Cup has taken its toll, and according to a report in “Cadena Sir”, after four years, Luis Enrique will end his position as coach of the Spanish national team within 24 to 48 hours, and it seems that there is already a senior candidate to replace him.
Many media outlets in Spain claim that the leading name for the position is Luis de la Fuente, who coaches Spain’s youth team. The 61-year-old coach has worked for many years in the Spanish federation, when between 2013 and 2018 he coached the team up to the age of 19 and won the European Championship with it.
In 2018, de la Fuente moved to coach the under-21 team, with whom he also won the European Championship in 2019, and also won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo after losing to Brazil in the final, and the hope is that he will continue the path of success in the senior team as well.
Another candidate is the 57-year-old Marcelino Garcia Tural, who coached Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Villarreal and Sevilla, and the name of Roberto Martinez, who finished his contract with the Belgium national team, was also mentioned as a candidate.