Rafa Watch

[Shaggy]

As much as I love and rate him, I really don't think he's right for them other than the fact he has the club in his heart. You worry it'll end in tears.

Be funny as **** watching him hooking Ronaldo on 65 minutes.

[Rich]

I'd love Rafa to have a crack with Real Madrid, he deserves managing 'his' club.

[Alex]

Everyone else has had a go, so its only fair.

Taking Ronaldo off for a Left Back would be great

[Phoenix07]

It's a stellar job and an excellent opportunity. When you look at the jobs across football, there aren't many at the top end. He's a Madrid lad and he'd have superb chances to snap up silverware with the world's elite players, even if for a year or two.

[Rich]

Let's be honest, even if he's a huge success there he'll only last a maximum of three seasons.

[Alex]

Cant help the image of him picking up Mourinho's dregs though. Inter, Chelsea and now Madrid

[Phoenix07]

Chelsea and Inter fans adore Mourinho. Real Madrid fans hate him.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Will be surprised if Rafa gets the Real Madrid job, but if he does will be happy for him as that is the job he has appeared to have always wanted to get at some point in his career.

[Chris]

It would be a great opportunity for him, perhaps the perfect time too given Barca's gruelling season, they cant freshen up the squad in the summer and Messi, Suarez and Neymar are all off to the Copa America aswell!

[The_weatherman]

It would be a great opportunity for him, perhaps the perfect time too given Barca's gruelling season, they cant freshen up the squad in the summer and Messi, Suarez and Neymar are all off to the Copa America aswell!

That's a fair point actually. Hope Rafa gets the job, he can return to us after that

[ric.williams]

can rafa attract a higher calibre player?

he managed to get higuain to napoli and torres to liverpool

[peekay]

Madrid have a lot of talented youngsters on loan, in their youth team and their first team squad who could be very useful for us. Hopefully he will send a few of them our way.

[rodo]

Ben smith reporting could be in at madrid as early as next week

[peekay]

I hope he gets it, he must've been waiting for this for years. Can't see him lasting like, I dunno, he will rub a few people up the wrong way surely

If it does not work out, I am sure they will have no problem paying a few quid to the FA to get Hodgson on board to steady the ship.

[Shaggy]

It's gonna be totally fascinating.

I ****in hate Real Madrid but I'd want him to do well.

Rafa and Arbeloa v Suarez and Mascherano