Rafael Benítez ends contract with Chinese Super League club

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Joel Sanderson-Murray·23 January 2021

Rafael Benítez ends contract with Chinese Super League club

Rafael Benítez has ended his contract with Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional.

The Times have reported that the 60-year-old has ended his 18-month stay with the club and is looking to remain in management.

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In a statement left on his official website, Benítez said: “From today, both my coaching staff and I will sadly no longer be coaching the Dalian Professional F. C..

“Behind us, in China, and especially in Dalian, we are leaving many friends and good memories in a great city with very knowledgeable fans.

“We have tried to learn and understand a new culture and also to transmit a more professional, more European vision of football with a new methodology.”

Benítez took over the club in July 2019 on a two-and-a-half-year deal but has been linked with a return to Newcastle United in recent weeks.