Man City Next Manager: 5 Replacements For Roberto Mancini

3. Rafa Benitez

Chelsea's interim manager Rafa Benitez is finding himself out of work just at the precise time a vacancy is opening in Manchester, and it seems too coincidental not to put two and two together. The Spaniard will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season, but not before attempting to achieve something Mancini never could - win a European Cup. Were his side to be victorious against Benfica in the Europa League tomorrow night, he would be doing his CV wonders and must surely be considered a candidate at least for the City job. The former Liverpool boss has reams of experience in the Premier League and just yesterday claimed staying in England is the priority.
"It is started already, the agents are working. The priority is still England, but, if you cannot find a club, maybe you have to go abroad."
Benitez is 12/1 with Sky Bet to get the City job.
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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.