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Rijkaard To Milan, Van Basten To Barça?
Barcelona would make a bid to bring Marco Van Basten to Camp Nou if Frank Rijkaard ever decided to take over as coach at Milan, according to reports in Spain.
The Catalan club have already decided who the next trainer would be if the lure of the San Siro was enough to tempt their current boss away.
Milan have been linked with an audacious bid to tempt Rijkaard away from Barça since losing the Champions League Final last season to Liverpool.
Carlo Ancelotti will need to win a trophy this season in orer to keep his job at the Italian giants, but rumours already suggest that president, Silvio Berlusconi has already decided to replace him.
One report, in Marca, suggests that Milan will offer Rijkaard a huge contract and bank on his fondness for Milan after spending the most successful period of his playing career at the club.
Van Basten would be Barcelona's favourite should the current coach leave, with presidential adviser, Johan Cruyff, recommending the current Holland trainer.
It was Cruyff that advised Joan Laporta to take a chance on Rijkaard and the Barça legend has already said that Van Basten would be an ideal replacement.
One drawback to the whole plan is that Rijkaard has recently signed an extension to his contract to keep him at Barcelona until 2009 and he feels indebted to Laporta for giving him a chance.
If Laporta was to lose the next presidential election at the club then Rijkaard would automatically stand down as he would be unwilling to work under a new supremo.