Malaga president Fernando Sanz admits he has coaching replacements lined up should Antonio Tapia decide to walk away at the end of the season.

"We have alternatives, which obviously I cannot reveal," confirmed Sanz. "They are not alternatives, but I think that, until I get a response from our coach, we must cover all bases.

"I do not want Tapia to go, but we must think of alternative hypotheses. The decision now is up to him."