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3rd June 2015
11:32am BST

Benítez has assumed control of the club in just 24 hours. Since arriving from Naples he has hidden away in Valdebebas to ensure he knows everything about the set-up: the buildings, the doctors, coaches, pre-season, incomings and outgoings, reports…He has not left Valdebebas even to eat. His obsession with work and attention to detail has been part of his success.We can't imagine this will last very long. Carlo Ancelotti was apparently smitten with the quality of pork products available in the Spanish capital. We'd bet our lives that his successor in the Real hotseat also knows his way round a fine piece of jamon.
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