Rafael Benitez sacked as Internazionale coach
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http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11860_6606655,00.html
I can't say for definite he has been sacked, but if he hasn't already it's likely he will very soon.
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Did Ancelotti not say he'd only go back to Italy if it was to manage Roma? I'm not sure, I know Leonardo has been linked though.
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Cheers Ben
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I heard yesterday that Luis Felipe Scolari might have it, only a gossip sight mind you
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Twitter update #
OliverKayTimes Oliver Kay
No need for confusion about Benitez. Departure from Inter not official yet, but he's been informed (by email) that it's over
OliverKayTimes Oliver Kay
No need for confusion about Benitez. Departure from Inter not official yet, but he's been informed (by email) that it's over
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Clearly a big fan
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Purely coincidental that you support Chelsea and that Benitez's side pumped you several times?
don't be a ****, and just look for a reaction from someone.
If Rafa was sacked, i'd love to see the odds on him coming back to liverpool haha, if they're good, might be worth a cheeky punt
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in reply to 'ben' who said babel is a player with a bad attitude... thats COMPLETELY wrong, he often does overtime at training, improving his fitness trying to catch eye of manager, rafa never gave him a chance and banned him from extra training, babel then spoke out about him and was never thought of again.
hes a very good talent, only 23. if he leaves, he'll be so good. if he stays, its potential wasted...
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in reply to 'ben' who said babel is a player with a bad attitude... thats COMPLETELY wrong, he often does overtime at training, improving his fitness trying to catch eye of manager, rafa never gave him a chance and banned him from extra training, babel then spoke out about him and was never thought of again.
hes a very good talent, only 23. if he leaves, he'll be so good. if he stays, its potential wasted...
hes a very good talent, only 23. if he leaves, he'll be so good. if he stays, its potential wasted...
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in reply to 'ben' who said babel is a player with a bad attitude... thats COMPLETELY wrong, he often does overtime at training, improving his fitness trying to catch eye of manager, rafa never gave him a chance and banned him from extra training, babel then spoke out about him and was never thought of again.
hes a very good talent, only 23. if he leaves, he'll be so good. if he stays, its potential wasted...
We also 'pumped' them several times.
This is not anti-Liverpool far from it!
If it weren't for Stevie G Liverpool would have won sweet FA -Fact!!
Out of the Champions League group stages until injury time
His tactics led to the most 1 sided 1st half in Champions League history! Even Barca v Milan and Chelsea v United were closer 1st half contests (and I was in Moscow)
FA Cup final hammered by West Ham til Stevie G rescued them.
Terrible Manager thankfully Moratti seems to have seen sense!!
If it weren't for Stevie G Liverpool would have won sweet FA -Fact!!
Out of the Champions League group stages until injury time
His tactics led to the most 1 sided 1st half in Champions League history! Even Barca v Milan and Chelsea v United were closer 1st half contests (and I was in Moscow)
FA Cup final hammered by West Ham til Stevie G rescued them.
Terrible Manager thankfully Moratti seems to have seen sense!!
Rafael Benítez sacked by Inter as unhappy Italian job comes to an end
• Benítez goes despite Moratti's contradictory claims
• Former Milan manager Leonardo set to take over
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/21/rafael-benitez-internazionale-massimo-moratti
Rafael Benítez's reign as the manager of Inter has failed to survive a poor start to the season and conflict with the club's owner. Photograph: Filippo Venezia/EPA
Rafael Benítez's unhappy six-month tenure at the European champions, Internazionale, ended tonight when the Spaniard's contract at San Siro was terminated, with the parting of the ways set to be formally confirmed in the next 24 hours.
The Italian club's president, Massimo Moratti, is in the process of negotiating the manager's payoff with the pair's relationship having fractured beyond repair in recent weeks. Benítez claimed Inter's fifth trophy of the year on Saturday when his side won the World Club Cup by defeating the Congolese team TP Mazembe in Abu Dhabi, but the tensions spilled over in his post-match press conference as he effectively served Moratti with an ultimatum to back him in the transfer market next month or sack him.
Inter, alarmed by the manager's verbal attack, have now taken the latter option with last season's treble winners languishing seventh in Serie A, 13 points off the leaders Milan, albeit with two games in hand, with the domestic league now in its midwinter break. Moratti's pursuit of the former Roma coach Luciano Spalletti appears set to be frustrated with his club, Zenit St Petersburg, insistent that he will remain in Russia for another season with their owners, Gazprom, having promised him significant funds to strengthen his side ahead of the defence of their trophy next term.
That will leave Inter to court the former Rossoneri coach Leonardo – there are suggestions talks are already at an advanced stage – to step in to the dug-out for the immediate future, potentially with a view to becoming a technical director at the club at the end of the season when a permanent managerial appointment is made.
Moratti declined to comment publicly on the change in management today, but the matter is in the hands of the lawyers as both club and Benítez seek a settlement on the compensation owed on the remaining 18 months of the 50-year-old's contract at San Siro. Benítez is back in Liverpool, where he spent six years in charge at Anfield, with his family at present reflecting on a six-month spell in Italian football that yielded only six league wins.
His spell at the club, as the successor to José Mourinho, had been undermined by injuries to key players and by the Italian champions' reluctance to spend heavily in the transfer market. The majority of supporters appeared to be sympathetic of the constraints under which Benítez had to work and had welcomed him back to Milan at the weekend chorusing his name.
However, the reality was that the Spaniard was never Moratti's first choice to fill the void left by Mourinho and was only secured as a 'big name' appointment once it was clear that the likes of Guus Hiddink and Fabio Capello would not be available. Benítez described his relationship with the club's president as "respectful" yesterday though, in reality, their partnership had long since fractured with the manager frustrated that he had not been able to remodel the team in the same lavish manner as his predecessor.
Capello, whose contract with the Football Association runs until 2012, is not under consideration at San Siro and will remain as England's coach during the European Championships qualifying campaign. Sources close to the 64-year-old have indicated that he would not be interested in returning to Serie A in a managerial capacity and remains committed to the national side.
• Benítez goes despite Moratti's contradictory claims
• Former Milan manager Leonardo set to take over
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/21/rafael-benitez-internazionale-massimo-moratti
Rafael Benítez's reign as the manager of Inter has failed to survive a poor start to the season and conflict with the club's owner. Photograph: Filippo Venezia/EPA
Rafael Benítez's unhappy six-month tenure at the European champions, Internazionale, ended tonight when the Spaniard's contract at San Siro was terminated, with the parting of the ways set to be formally confirmed in the next 24 hours.
The Italian club's president, Massimo Moratti, is in the process of negotiating the manager's payoff with the pair's relationship having fractured beyond repair in recent weeks. Benítez claimed Inter's fifth trophy of the year on Saturday when his side won the World Club Cup by defeating the Congolese team TP Mazembe in Abu Dhabi, but the tensions spilled over in his post-match press conference as he effectively served Moratti with an ultimatum to back him in the transfer market next month or sack him.
Inter, alarmed by the manager's verbal attack, have now taken the latter option with last season's treble winners languishing seventh in Serie A, 13 points off the leaders Milan, albeit with two games in hand, with the domestic league now in its midwinter break. Moratti's pursuit of the former Roma coach Luciano Spalletti appears set to be frustrated with his club, Zenit St Petersburg, insistent that he will remain in Russia for another season with their owners, Gazprom, having promised him significant funds to strengthen his side ahead of the defence of their trophy next term.
That will leave Inter to court the former Rossoneri coach Leonardo – there are suggestions talks are already at an advanced stage – to step in to the dug-out for the immediate future, potentially with a view to becoming a technical director at the club at the end of the season when a permanent managerial appointment is made.
Moratti declined to comment publicly on the change in management today, but the matter is in the hands of the lawyers as both club and Benítez seek a settlement on the compensation owed on the remaining 18 months of the 50-year-old's contract at San Siro. Benítez is back in Liverpool, where he spent six years in charge at Anfield, with his family at present reflecting on a six-month spell in Italian football that yielded only six league wins.
His spell at the club, as the successor to José Mourinho, had been undermined by injuries to key players and by the Italian champions' reluctance to spend heavily in the transfer market. The majority of supporters appeared to be sympathetic of the constraints under which Benítez had to work and had welcomed him back to Milan at the weekend chorusing his name.
However, the reality was that the Spaniard was never Moratti's first choice to fill the void left by Mourinho and was only secured as a 'big name' appointment once it was clear that the likes of Guus Hiddink and Fabio Capello would not be available. Benítez described his relationship with the club's president as "respectful" yesterday though, in reality, their partnership had long since fractured with the manager frustrated that he had not been able to remodel the team in the same lavish manner as his predecessor.
Capello, whose contract with the Football Association runs until 2012, is not under consideration at San Siro and will remain as England's coach during the European Championships qualifying campaign. Sources close to the 64-year-old have indicated that he would not be interested in returning to Serie A in a managerial capacity and remains committed to the national side.
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Never said you didn't. Just don't see any Liverpool fans being bitter about it.
On topic: Still nothing on the Inter website about it...
I'd like him to leave and do well, I really would. He often looks lazy and greedy during matches, he goes on about first team chances and when played, he never performs.
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1. He rarely tries hard in matches, no tracking back, not gettin on to the end of balls etc etc.
2. Often does this? As in what he said in his twitter? Um, kay, no comment.
3. He is just another Dutch Talent who couldn't make it in a top league
There's no doubt he had a bright future, but Rafa can't be blamed by anyone for his failure. If the player isn't prepared to give half push, then the manager shouldn't even bother.