Celta Vigo have declared that they have parted approaches with their supervisor Rafa Benitez after significantly less than a year in demand, with the former Liverpool manager ‘failing to accomplish the club’s expectations.’
The embattled Spaniard, who joined the LaLiga club in July 2023, experienced refused to give up his position as the Celta boss, next a weak operate of sort.
The 63-calendar year-previous had been out of work for about a calendar year following he was permit go by Everton in 2022 but stepped again into management to acquire cost of 33 online games at Celta Vigo.
He would go on to see his facet shed 14 league matches with Celta slumping to 17th in the Spanish prime flight – two details obvious of the relegation zone.
The club stated in a statement: ‘Rafa Benítez and his staff depart RC Celta soon after eight months of complete devotion and total dedication, but in which the crew has not attained the success anticipated by the club.
Rafa Benitez has been sacked as Celta Vigo supervisor after fewer than a complete season in demand
Celta Vigo confirmed in a statement that the Spanish supervisor experienced ‘failed to satisfy the club’s expectations’
‘The club would like to express to Rafa Benítez and his assistants its most honest gratitude for the honesty and professionalism they have demonstrated considering the fact that their arrival and the tireless perform they have performed.
‘RC Celta would also like to want them the finest of luck and achievement in the upcoming.’
It experienced meant to be a homecoming for the ex-Newcastle manager. But Celta have underwhelmed below Benitez, who had been billed with rebuilding the aspect to choose them back again to their sort of 2017 when they attained the Europa League semi-finals.
The Spanish club have gained just as soon as in their previous five matches, struggling a 4- thumping towards his former club Real Madrid in their past outing.
They claimed a 1- gain towards Almeria at the starting of the month, but had also disappointingly been held to a 2-2 attract by fellow relegation strugglers Cadiz prior to that. The Sky Blues had taken a 2- direct in that match, in advance of Cadiz radically equalised in the 10th moment of personal injury time.
Benitez, who experienced been underneath some stress of late, told Diario AS in January that he was focused on turning issues close to with Celta.
Celta experienced a 4- defeat by Authentic Madrid at the weekend with Carlo Ancelotti witnessed providing Benitez a hug on the sideline
Celta have gained only five matches this period underneath Benitez and sit two points off the relegation zone
The embattled manager experienced spoken in Janury of how he wished to help lead the club as a result of the turbulent time period
‘What’s up to me is to target on how to get functionality out of the group and which is what I’m focused on,’ he claimed.
‘I’m angry for the reason that we shed. I do not fret about the predicament in this article.
‘I’ve come to Celta for a 3-year undertaking. I’m a specialist who is effective 12 hours a working day, what I want is for this job to change out effectively.’
Benitez has managed at some of Europe’s greatest football golf equipment, getting won the Champions League and the FA Cup all through his 6-yr spell at Liverpool, profitable the Championship with Newcastle, whilst clinching the Europa League in the course of his time at Chelsea.