Originally Posted by Jim De Ville:
“He's already won that league, with a much smaller club.
Regardless of how long ago it was, do you seriously think that he's such an inept buffoon in the league that he won't have a real shot at the title with a club like Madrid?”
Of course he will have a shot at the league title over there, seeing as how it now seems like Atletico have fallen away from being title challengers, it does seem like it is back tyo being a two horse race again.
How much will Barca's upcoming transfer ban hurt them next season, in terms of being able to replace players like Alves, that is yet to be seen, that could of course play right into Real Madrid's hands.
Putting that to one side for the moment, are Real bringing a new manager in to just challenge for the league title, or to win it, I suppose it is very much a case of the latter, they seemingly demand the league title each and every year, as a bare minimum, and even then, sometimes that is not enough to save a manager from the sack!
So bringing Rafa in, who yes does have a history of winning that particular league title, but under vastly different circumstances, is a risk, (just as every appointment is a risk) but it is a risk that has more negatives than positives I personally think, and that doesn't have anything to do with him being an old Liverpool manager, just more to do with his career as a whole.
I think there are more suitable candidates then him around, and personally I would stick with Carlo, but that doesn't seem like it is going to happen.