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Inter considered Capello
ROME: Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti has claimed that there were just two days in which the possibility of Fabio Capello taking over from Jose Mourinho was considered.
Inter eventually plumped for former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez to replace the Real Madrid-bound Mourinho while efforts were also made to prise Guus Hiddink away from the Turkey helm. But both England manager Capello and Hiddink opted to stay with their respective national teams.
“Capello was a realistic hypothesis that lasted two and a half days, the time over a weekend which ended on the Monday,” he said. “He wasn’t in competition with Benitez, it was realistic but then it turned out not to be. I didn’t touch anything, there was a question which was then rescinded by itself.”
As for Benitez, Moratti insisted that he was not merely second or third choice but was always a name on the Inter hit-list.
“Benitez is one of the coaches who had a certain type of international experience, I heard great things about him and we went straight for him. We also considered alternatives because it was a difficult decision,” said Moratti. He added, “Benitez is very professional, works very hard and has similar work systems to Mourinho, studying the games and opponents.”
“He guarantees serious work and, I hope, good results. On a human level he’s educated, courteous, likeable, not too insistent even when talking about signings,” he added.
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