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As soon as it was announced that Tito Vilanova would take over the reins at "Barcelona" from Josep Guardiola, the Catalan media began to speculate on who would become the right hand of the new coach.
It seems that T. Vilanova has already found his closest assistant.
The Catalan newspaper "Sport.es" reports that the new assistant coach of "Barcelona" should be 44-year-old Jordi Roura, who has been working in the coaching staff of the Catalan club since 2009.
J. Roura, along with Domenec Planchart and Carles Torrent, has been performing scouting functions in J. Guardiola's team so far, and has been interested in the most promising young footballers both in Spain and abroad. The potential candidate to take T. Vilanova's assistant position would also often film "Barcelona" matches, prepare summaries and analyses of his and the opponent's team actions, and provide them to the head coach.
For now, "Barcelona" representatives are not commenting on the news about J. Roura's future duties at the club.
The president of the Catalan team, Sandro Rosell, has mentioned that the club will first finish the formalities and sign a contract with T. Vilanova, and then he will start forming his closest assistants' staff.
