Rafa Benitez to get sacked, Fabio Capello to take charge at Inter Milan?
Latest reports coming out of Italy indicate that Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has lost patience with current manager Rafa Benitez and should the Spaniard fail to win the upcoming Club World Cup, Rafa will be given his marching orders.
The former Liverpool tactician was brought on as a replacement for outgoing manager Jose Mourinho earlier this summer. The Portuguese won a historic treble for Inter Milan last season and any manager would have found it hard replacing the legendary Jose.
However, Benitez is having a terrible season with the club struggling on both continental and domestic fronts.
Inter Milan are fifth in the league, 10 points off league leaders and arch-rivals AC Milan, and their recent form has shown little signs of improvement. In the champions League, Inter Milan barely made it to the round of 16 as they were second best to a
rampant Tottenham Hotspur outfit in their group. Injuries to key players and poor form shown by the likes of Diego Milito and Maicon have not made things any easier for Rafa.
Reports published in Italian media speculate that Morrati has given an ultimatum to the Spaniard. Should he fail to win the club world club, Massimo Morrati will bring in England boss Fabio Capello who isn’t having any success with the Three Lions. Capello
might be interested in taking charge of Nerazzuri as it would be his last stint with a club team before he calls it a day on his managerial career.
Former Milan manager Leonardo is also being tipped to replace the Spaniard. However, since Leonardo is a former Milan legend and a perennial crowd favourite, he would find it hard taking charge of his former enemies. Massimo Moratti has failed to dispel
such rumours and Italian media has gone into frenzy.
For the time being, everything is pure speculation but one thing is for sure. Rafa Benitez is running out of time with Inter Milan and failure to improve on the poor performances will surely bring an end to his Italian adventure.
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