<!--Article Start--> <h2 style="text-align: justify">Rafael Benitez has announced his decision to quit Napoli as rumours of him succeeding Ancelotti at Real Madrid are getting stronger by the day.</h2> <p style="text-align: justify">After spending 2 years at the club, <strong>Rafael Benitez</strong> will bid adieu to <strong><a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/tag/Napoli">Napoli</a></strong> after the last game of the season on Sunday. In his 2 years at the club, Benitez won the Coppa Italia and Italian Super Cup. This season, the Spaniard led the Italian club to the Europa League semi-final, only to lose to Dnipro, and is about to help the club reach the Champions League qualifiers with one more game to go.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Beniteza s announcement comes as no shock as <a href="he%20has%20been-tipped">he has been-tipped</a> to replace <strong>Carlo Ancelotti</strong> at <strong><a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/category/la-liga-2/real-madrid/">Real Madrid</a></strong> after the Italian <a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/2015/official-real-madrid-sack-carlo-ancelotti-after-two-seasons/">was sacked by the club</a> on Monday. It is expected that a Los Blancosa will unveil the former Liverpool manager sometime next week.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Rafael Benitez, who was in charge of the Spanish cluba s youth setup in the 1990s, announced his departure at a news conference with Napolia s president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, on Thursday.</p> <p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/real-madrid/11635702/Rafael-Benitez-quits-Napoli-to-take-over-at-Real-Madrid.html">Benitez said</a>: "It's always sad to leave a place where people treat you well.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"I want to thank the club, its president and the fans for what you have done for me. I want to say goodbye to this club and I want to end my cycle here with a victory and a place in the qualifying round of the Champions League."</p> . <p style="text-align: justify">The Spaniard said that the distance from his family was one of the main reasons for him to make this decision.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"The first thing is the distance from my family," the 55-year-old said. "A few weeks ago I spoke to my wife to try to convince her, but then I told (Napoli president) Aurelio (De Laurentiis) that it would not have been an easy task,</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"He had to look ahead and so did I, we will try to win until the end."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="it">.<a href="https://twitter.com/ADeLaurentiis">@ADeLaurentiis</a>: "Grazie Rafa, ci hai fatto crescere" | Rileggi le parole del Presidente qui <a href="http://t.co/B0mUyc2h9h">http://t.co/B0mUyc2h9h</a> <a href="http://t.co/8HzhQs9JnQ">pic.twitter.com/8HzhQs9JnQ</a></p> a Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) <a href="https://twitter.com/sscnapoli/status/603920356756299777">May 28, 2015</a></blockquote> <p style="text-align: justify">Rafael Benitez is famous for winning La Liga twice with Valencia and the Champions League with Liverpool among various other trophies. <!--Article End--></p>