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Benitez replaces Ancelotti as Real Madrid coach
Spanish football club, Real Madrid has confirmed that Rafael Benitez will take charge of the club next season after signing a three-year deal on Wednesday.
The club said in a statement that “Real Madrid will present today, Wednesday, June 3, Rafael Benitez as the new coach of the first team for the next three seasons”.
Benitez will give a press conference at 1100GMT at the club’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
He replaces the well-loved Carlo Ancelotti, who was sacked by the club last week.
The appointment brings Benitez’s coaching career full circle as he returns to the club where he made his first steps as a youth team coach in the early nineties.
Benitez is also returning to Spain for the first time in over a decade after making a name for himself with two league titles in three years at Valencia between 2001 and 2004.
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