The Real Madrid vice-president Eduardo
Fernández de Blas appears to have
confirmed Rafael Benítez’s arrival as the
club’s new head coach with an offhand
comment.

Benítez is widely expected to replace the
departed Carlo Ancelotti after confirming
that Sunday’s match against Lazio will be
his last as Napoli coach. De Blas, speaking
at a club event on Saturday evening, gave
the game away as he praised the outgoing
Ancelotti.

“I’ll tell you one thing, Carlo Ancelotti is
a real phenomenon,” he said in
comments reported by the Spanish
newspaper AS. “We give our thanks to
him. Until three days ago, he was, for me,
the best coach in the world, just as two
years ago it was José Mourinho, and as
from this week will be Rafa Benítez.”
The Madrid-born Benítez has a glittering
résumé, having led Valencia to two
Primera División titles and a Uefa Cup
crown.

He also steered Liverpool to Champions
League glory in 2005, when his team
staged a major comeback in the final to
stun an Ancelotti-led Milan.
Benítez also won the FA Cup and Uefa
Super Cup while at Liverpool

He sure deserves the job. He is a very good coach..