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Asked about the renewal of his contract that expires in the summer of 2010, Barcelona central defender and Mexican international Rafael Márquez (30) has said at a press conference that he'll wait to see what the club will offer him:

"My contract ends June 30th 2010 and until now I haven't heard any news from the club. My priority is to continue at Barcelona as long as possible but I'm convinced I'll have offers from other clubs and the world doesn't stop at Barça. If I cannot stay, there will be other doors I can open and I'll start looking elsewhere.

I'm not in a hurry to start talking, although it's a fact that the sooner you talk and the sooner you have certainty about the future, the better it is for your inner peace. So I would like to know something when the season ends. I'm confident that everything will be solved at the end of the season because I'm willing to continue and I don't think there will be a lot of problems."

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