The Barca boss has declared his interest in replacing Vicente del Bosque - but who would replace him?
Barcelona boss Luis Enrique has admitted he could walk out on the Nou Camp club at the end of the season to take over the Spanish national team.
The 45-year-old, who played for his country 62 times in an 11-year international career, dropped the bomb in his weekly press conference and threw his Barca future into doubt.
Vicente del Bosque will leave his post as Spain head coach after Euro 2016 next summer, but while Rayo Vallecano's Paco Jemez has been linked to the role, Luis Enrique was unequivocal when asked if he'd be interested in taking over.
"Yes I would like to... a lot," he said.
But who would replace him at the Nou Camp if he were to leave? Ed Malyon looked at the candidates....
Ronald Koeman
The bookmakers' favourite, Ronald Koeman could well face the tough decision between the Dutch national team job - surely a dream role - and taking over at the Nou Camp.
Having experienced success as a player with Barca, the lure of a return to try as a coach will be enormous. Koeman also counts on experience of working in a similar structure and is tactically astute.
Southampton would face a major task to replace him.
Frank Rijkaard
Former Barca boss Rijkaard is second in the betting for this role, presumably based on the reports from January that the club contacted him to take over the struggling Luis Enrique.
The Dutchman said no and Luis Enrique won the treble, but he appears to have been more of a panic (attempted) appointment.
Given time to find the right replacement for Luis Enrique, you'd hope that Barcelona could find a better candidate.
Oscar Garcia
Garcia could get the role on a similar ticket to Luis Enrique, Tito Vilanova and Pep Guardiola before him.
A player well-versed in the Barcelona way, he managed the youth teams there before moving on to impress at Maccabi Tel-Aviv. He managed Brighton to within 180 minutes of the Premier League before resigning and was last seen at Watford, a role he left through ill health.
If he is now fit to manage again then his is a name that would ensure continuity at the Nou Camp.
Frank De Boer
A similar scenario to Ronald Koeman's, although De Boer is yet to experience managerial success outside Holland.
That said, he has won multiple titles with Ajax and is highly-rated by a raft of top European clubs.
Whether that could convince his former side to take a gamble on him may well be defined by his performance this season.
Xavi Hernandez
Xavi has a long-term contract in Qatar with Al-Sadd and has no managerial experience - but this is the club that gave Tito Vilanova the job and few players have as much cachet as Xavi does.
Carles Puyol
See Xavi, although the fact that he was assistant to the now-fired Andoni Zubizarreta and resigned in January suggests he may not be too keen to work under the current administration again.
Paco Jemez
Linked with Brentford last season, but now a candidate for the Spain job and a long-time murmur has suggested Barcelona are admirers of Jemez.
Having overachieved with unfashionable Rayo Vallecano, Jemez has gained a reputation for playing attractive football that gets results.
He has no former link to the Nou Camp club though, which is often a killer for potential managers.
Laurent Blanc
Another former Barcelona defender on this list, Blanc is expected to leave Paris Saint-Germain in the summer.
Having won eight trophies in the capital in addition to the Ligue 1 title he won with underdogs Bordeaux, Blanc has some managerial pedigree and would be seen as someone happy to slot into the existing structure.
Roberto Martinez
An unlikely shout, but should the Catalan coach make an impact with Everton this season then he could throw himself into the picture.
A personable, intelligent coach, Martinez's reputation was slightly damaged by the Toffees' poor campaign last year but his history of overachievement with smaller clubs ensures that his stock hasn't fallen too much.
Martinez's dream job, but one that may have to remain a fantasy.
Pep Guardiola
The man who laid the template, Guardiola has shown no desire to return to the place where he redefined coaching for the 21st century.
But the timing of him leaving Bayern Munich this summer and Luis Enrique possibly walking away is just too good to ignore, surely?
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