With the club struggling to keep pace with Real Madrid and Frank Rijkaard apparently unable to maintain control of the players it is likely that the Dutchman will leave in the summer.

It is incredible how quickly people forget what a massive impact Rijkaard has made at the club in five years and during that period the team won the league twice and the Champions League playing the best football in Europe. Now though people can only talk about the indiscipline of the players which may or may not be true.

It probably will be right though now for a new coach who can bring in new ideas and a fresh approach. If there is one thing true then it is that Barca always play the same system of a 4-3-3 and there is no doubt that now other teams know better how to deal with this threat but Rijkaard refuses to change the formation.

Laudrup is the favourite of Cruyff someone he knows well as a player in the Dream Team and he has more experience of coaching than Guardiola who also was coached by Cruyff. The big advantage that Guardiola has is that he is a massive favourite at the club while Laudrup of course left for Real Madrid