December 08-according to several media sources, the Spanish Football Association will determine the candidate for the new coach as soon as Thursday and Friday at the latest. U21 coach Luis de la Fuente is currently the first candidate, but there are other candidates, such as Marcelino.
Luis Enrique will meet with the Spanish Football Association soon after arriving in Madrid in the early hours of this morning. The Spanish Football Association does not want the problem of coach selection to continue until next week.
De la Fuente, 61, has coached the Spanish youth for nearly 10 years, leading U19 and U21 to win the European Youth Championships and the Olympic team to win the Olympic silver medal last year. He has worked with most of the current Spanish international players and the Spanish Football Association hopes he can maintain the overall stability of the team.
If de la Fuente takes office, his first task will be to lead Spain to the Europa League semi-finals in June next year.