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West Ham: Rafa Benitez 'signed a contract to become manager'

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  1. LuisDiazgamechanger

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    West Ham: Rafa Benitez 'signed a contract to become manager'
    West Ham: Rafa Benitez 'signed a contract to become manager'
    West Ham were "two hours" away from appointing Rafael Benitez as manager in the summer before hiring Slaven Bilic, Hammers co-owner David Sullivan says.
    "We were two hours from getting Benitez and then Real Madrid came in. We had agreed a contract," Sullivan said.
    "He is a top manager whatever anybody says, and I think he'd have done a wonderful job for us."
    Sullivan also said West Ham approached Jurgen Klopp, who joined Liverpool instead to replace Brendan Rodgers.
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    Slaven Bilic, who played 54 times for West Ham between 1996 and 1997, was appointed manager in June
    "We tried Klopp as well but he wouldn't come because he said he wanted a break. But I'm glad with the manager we have got," added Sullivan.
    West Ham are 10th in the Premier League and have lost only four league matches since former Croatia boss Bilic took over.
    Sullivan also heaped praise on injured midfielder Dimitri Payet - calling him "the best player I've signed in 25 years" - and said the Hammers will make Manuel Lanzini's season-long loan from Al Jazira Club a permanent deal "by February or March", two months earlier than planned.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35189472
     
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    LuisDiazgamechanger, Dec 28, 2015
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    terrifictraore Well-Known Member

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    Not making any jusgement in what he has said but remember David sulivan is a publicist, read into that what you want.
     
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    BBFs Unpopular View Well-Known Member

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    Rafa "agreed" a contract, dont think he signed, there might have been a legal quandry had he actually put pen to paper. A quandry that would have been all over the media at the time

    It's in the OP actually, "agreed" is not signed, someone tell the publicist that ;)
     
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    Great way of telling your current manager he was 3rd choice.
     
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    luvgonzo, Dec 30, 2015
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    true dat
     
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  6. Milk not bear jizz

    Milk not bear jizz Grasser-In-Chief

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    I wonder where we would be if Rafa never left. I can't help but believe that given the same squad "that Suarez year" we would have won the title. Of course we would be very unlikemy to have the same squad.
     
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    Well its surprising if it is true.

    West Ham are not exactly Real Madrid are they?

    Would have been a huge coo, although they've done well getting Bilic tbf.
     
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    FFS <doh>
     
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    You don't speak French?
     
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    Only pigeon French <whistle>
     
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    They should probably pull that contract out of the bin, the way things are going at Real.
     
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    saintanton, Dec 31, 2015
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    Why, they have Bilic. They wouldn't want to have everything he has done destroyed.
     
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    Diego, Dec 31, 2015
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    Like van Gaal did to Moyes' legacy <whistle>
     
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  14. Diego

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    Nah, at least LvG has bought some decent players. Rafa would sell their best player and buy 7 or 8 squad fillers with the money :grin:
     
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    Diego, Jan 1, 2016
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