Rafa Benitez named new Real Madrid coach

Rafael Benitez  will take charge of Real Madrid next season after the club confirmed he had signed a three-year deal with the Spanish giants . “Real Madrid will present today, Wednesday, June 3, Rafa Benitez as the new coach of the first team for the next three seasons,” the club said in a statement. 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