Pep Guardiola says he still hasn't decided whether he wants to continue coaching Barcelona beyond this season.
The 41-year-old Guardiola, who has won 13 out of a possible 16 titles since taking over the European champions nearly four seasons ago, says he needs to "find the motivation to continue, and it still isn't clear to me."
Guardiola signed consecutive one-year extensions after initially agreeing to a two-year deal. He says the club hasn't given him an ultimatum, adding: he would have liked to have made his decision earlier.
Guardiola's position has become a distraction for the Spanish champions because he had agreed to extensions by this stage of the season in the past two years.
With a number of London clubs currently unsettled his name will undoubtedly be added to the rumour mill, and replace that of Guus Hiddink - who took a lucrative post in Russia this week.
Meanwhile on Sunday night his side meet Valencia once again, only eleven days after their Copa del Rey clash.
For this encounter Guardiola has a total of 20 players to choose from, 16 from the senior squad (Villa, Afellay and Fontàs are still out injured while Mascherano and Alves are serving match bans), plus four players from Barça B. The good news is that Seydou Keita is once again available after missing the last eleven matches due to the Africa Cup of Nations.
Xavi, Busquets and Adriano, who all had slights knocks on Thursday and trained separately from the main group, should be available. However they will remain a doubt until the last moment. Montoya, Bartra, Muniesa and Tello could also find themselves on the final squad list.
What ever happens, Guardiola will be forced to field a changed side from the one that defeated Valencia in the return leg of the Cup semi-final.
Without Alves (though he didn't feature in the starting line-up in the Cup) and Mascherano, the main doubt in Guardiola's mind will be on the back four, where three players - Piqué, Puyol and Abidal - would appear to be guaranteed a place.
On Sunday the defensive quartet could be made up by Montoya, Bartra or Muniesa, or indeed Busquets or Adriano.
The match kicks off at 21:30hrs at the Camp Nou.
