In case of Contra’s refusal, they have two other super-coaches on the list: the best Iberian technician of 2018 or the man who trained Watford and Rubin Kazan!

After the Spaniards met on Friday with Interior Minister Marcel Vela and Deputy Mayor Dan Cristian Popescu, the Iberians transferred another 200,000 euros out of the total amount of 500,000 euros promised some time ago. Moreover, they promised that tomorrow (July 20) they will transfer another tranche of 200,000 euros. Now, the group represented by Melero Marin is already outlining the strategy for next season.

Potential buyers of Dinamo do not consider the downgrade option! They want Cosmin Contra on the technical bench of Dinamo, but if “Guriță” refuses, they have two huge names on the list. Melero Marin and Pablo Cortacero have Marcelino Garcia and Xavi Gracia as reserve options, both free of contract at the moment. ProSport sources claim that the Romanian coach is reluctant to give a firm answer, and the Spaniards announced to those from the Dinamo management that they could start discussions with the two Iberian coaches in the next football season.

Marcelino Garcia (54 years old)

Player: Former offensive midfielder at Sporting Gijon, Racing Santander, Levante and Elche, Marcelino ticked as a player a U20 World Championship final with the Spanish national team in 1985. He also played for U21, but did not make his debut in the team Spain’s senior national team.

Coach: Marcelino’s coaching career is far brighter than it was as a player. He coached Sporting Gijon (2003-2005), Recreativo (2005-2007), Racing Santander (2007-2008, 2011), Zaragoza (2008/2009), Sevilla (2011/2012), Villarreal (2013-2016 ), Valencia (2017-2019).

RECREATIVO: promoted to the first league with Recreativo in his first season as coach of the team. In the following season he finished in the middle of the ranking, a performance that brought him the distinction of the best coach of the year, the “Miguel Munoz” trophy, awarded by the MARCA newspaper.

SANTANDER: With Santander he finished in 6th place, the best in the club’s history and thus qualified the team in the Europa League.

SEVILLA: He coached Sevilla, but after seven games without a victory he was sent off. It is practically the only term in which he has not gathered notable performances.

VILLARREAL: He quickly overcame the failure called Sevilla and performed again, this time on Villareal’s bench. He finished on the 2nd place Segunda and thus promoted Villarreal. After the promotion, he managed three consecutive rankings in the first six. The great performance was in the Europa League, where in the 2015/2016 season Marcelino reached Villarreal until the semifinals. The Spaniards were eliminated by Liverpool. Although Marcelino’s team won the round match 1-0, the Cormorants won the return match 3-0. In that incredible campaign, Villarreal finished 2nd in a group with Rapid Vienna, Viktoria Plzen and Dinamo Minsk. After the group stage, Marcelino’s team went through big names in European football such as: Napoli (1-0 / 1-1), Leverkusen (2-0 / 0-0), Sparta Prague (2-1 / 4- 2).