6 managers who can replace Luis Enrique at Barcelona

#4 Frank Rijkaard

Rijkaard is being piped as the name Messi wants as far as the media reports are concerned. With so much said about the say and power of modern day football superstars, this is just a specimen how clubs sometimes are run or perceived to be run by players. Lionel Messi was given his debut in a Barcelona's shirt by Rijkaard and, as they say, rest is history. And it seems Messi who has his share of well-documented trouble with Luis Enrique is all for the return of the Dutchman.

While Rijkaard has been away from the game in a managerial capacity for quite a long time, even suggesting that he was done with the management side of the game after bad spells in Turkey with Galatasaray as well his last managerial post as the head coach of Saudi Arabia from which he was sacked. But Rijkaard, the tenacious midfielder of that golden Ajax generation, may still have something in his locker for another spell as the Barcelona manager. With his pal, Juan Laporta rumoured to be in contention for a return to the presidency of the club, Rijkaard may eventually come back to Barcelona once again, after all.

What clicks for the Dutchman and his chances for a Catalan comeback is his familiarity with the squad and the club. Like his countryman Ronald Koeman, he too has been at Barcelona before and has won both domestic and European trophies with the club as well. With players (or players whose vote count) open and receptive to the Dutchman it would be far easier in the dressing room.