{"id":4316,"date":"2013-05-27T22:26:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T22:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/benitez-goes-to-napoli\/"},"modified":"2013-05-27T22:26:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T22:26:32","slug":"benitez-goes-to-napoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/benitez-goes-to-napoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Benitez goes to Napoli"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rafael Benitez was appointed coach of Serie A side Napoli on Monday, the club president announced.<\/p>\n

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The Spaniard – whose previous experience in Serie A was a painful short-lived spell with Inter Milan – had been widely expected to be named and Napoli supremo Aurelio De Laurentiis tweet confirmed that to be the case.<\/p>\n

“Rafa Benitez is the new coach of Napoli,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n

“He is a man of experience and a true leader.”<\/p>\n

Benitez last job was as the interim coach for English Premiership side, Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Benitez, who had also been linked with French champions Paris Saint-Germain, had a successful spell in charge of Chelsea after replacing the sacked Champions League winning coach Roberto di Matteo.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard guided Chelsea to the Europa League crown and also helped them qualify for next season’s Champions League after being brought in on a short-term basis.<\/p>\n

However, despite being popular with owner Roman Abramovich he never won over the supporters, who verbally abused him from the stands from the start.<\/p>\n

The Chelsea fans yearned for the return of their adored Jose Mourinho, after he largely failed at Real Madrid, and appear likely to get their wish.<\/p>\n

According to the Spanish press Benitez was to sign a two year contract with the option of extending it by a further year and an annual salary of 3.5million euros.<\/p>\n

Benitez replaces Walter Mazzarri, widely rumoured to be heading to Inter Milan next season.<\/p>\n

Ironically, Benitez’s last Italian adventure was at Inter but lasted only six months and ended just after having won the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n

His team had struggled in the league and he had forced officials’ hands by telling them to strengthen his squad or find another solution, which they did.<\/p>\n

Although his joining Chelsea was hugely unpopular with many fans, he has a good record.<\/p>\n

He won two Spanish titles and the Europa League with Valencia while he led Liverpool to Champions League success in 2005.<\/p>\n

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