Just before I begin, I apologise if this bores you. Don't be turned off as it were - just testing the water for the summer. Gonna try a different aspect a bit later in the week as well!
Well, the Premier League season has been taken to the final day for only the 5th time in its 19-year history - but today doesn't involve Chelsea or United. Today, in fact, involves Liverpool, and in particular, this man - RAFAEL BENITEZ.
If the papers are to be believed this morning (and for the last 6 months, in fact), and if the TV cameras this evening were right, it looks as if Rafa Benitez will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season - but to go where? And who will replace him?
Juventus would be stupid to take him on if they can't offer the right package in the next few years. He could be out of a job (twice) because of transfer difficulties and stupid decisions. Send him off to Russia somewhere...
But who could come in for him? Martin O'Neill has said he wants to stay at Villa, and finish the job. Roy Hodgson has apparently told friends he's ready for one more big challenge, but can you see him at Liverpool? I certainly can't.
Mourinho will either stay at Inter for another season, or go to Madrid. If he comes to England now, he'll never be offered the United job, so will stay away.
Which leaves you with the more bizarre candidates. Slaven Bilic could go, and try and make a name for himself. I think Avram Grant would do a good job - just been relegated with Portsmouth, but has proved himself as a manager with high calibre after his spell at Chelsea. Alex McLeish would be a good call too, but he's about to sign a new contract.
Then you look abroad. Another stirling candidate is Laurent Blanc, who has shown he really can do a good job with smaller clubs, but would Liverpool take the risk? I'm sure Alain Perrin wouldn't mind being linked either.
But then you have the one person who has been linked to the club every time the job is under threat - Jurgen Klinsmann. Will he finally join the Reds?
Comment away, Tweet me - however you wish. Just let me know what you think!
RAFAEL BENITEZ, you are the Day Dedicatee for Sunday 2nd May 2010.
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