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Well, it happens every year in European football. One manager of a major club is fired and the rumors and speculation about who is going to replace him, who is going to replace the person who replaced him, and who is going to replace the person who replaced the person who replaced him. I could go on, but you get the idea. And the minute it starts, it doesnt stop until the start of the next soccer season.
On Friday, the merry go round cranked itself up and now is in full swing as Ciro Ferrara was sacked as the Juventus coach. After spending 14 years as a defender at Juventus, picking up 6 Serie A titles and a Champions League medal in 1996, Ferrara started out his post-player career as part of the staff of the Italian national sides 2006 World Cup campaign. In May 2009 he was installed as the Juventus interim coach following the firing of Claudio Ranieri after a poor string of results. Ferrara ended the 2009 season with a series of good performances by Juventus, enough to finish second in the league, and he was rewarded with the full time job in June 2009.
In his first full season he failed to qualify for the knock out stages of the Champions League and, after losing five of the last six games to leave Juventus in sixth place, the decision was made to terminate the relationship and to appoint Alberto Zaccheroni into the hot seat until the end of the season.
The first rumor of the merry go round, which had been whispered for the past week, is that Rafa Benitez of Liverpool is being courted to take the position at Juventus next season. Liverpool officials issued a statement denying that Benitez, who signed a long term contract at the start of the 2009 season, is leaving Liverpool. However, a combination of a poor season for Liverpool coupled with a lack of transfer funds and infighting by the American owners only adds fuel to the fire.
But, whatever happens in Liverpool, this is only the start of the European Manager Merry Go Round.
On Friday, the merry go round cranked itself up and now is in full swing as Ciro Ferrara was sacked as the Juventus coach. After spending 14 years as a defender at Juventus, picking up 6 Serie A titles and a Champions League medal in 1996, Ferrara started out his post-player career as part of the staff of the Italian national sides 2006 World Cup campaign. In May 2009 he was installed as the Juventus interim coach following the firing of Claudio Ranieri after a poor string of results. Ferrara ended the 2009 season with a series of good performances by Juventus, enough to finish second in the league, and he was rewarded with the full time job in June 2009.

In his first full season he failed to qualify for the knock out stages of the Champions League and, after losing five of the last six games to leave Juventus in sixth place, the decision was made to terminate the relationship and to appoint Alberto Zaccheroni into the hot seat until the end of the season.
The first rumor of the merry go round, which had been whispered for the past week, is that Rafa Benitez of Liverpool is being courted to take the position at Juventus next season. Liverpool officials issued a statement denying that Benitez, who signed a long term contract at the start of the 2009 season, is leaving Liverpool. However, a combination of a poor season for Liverpool coupled with a lack of transfer funds and infighting by the American owners only adds fuel to the fire.

But, whatever happens in Liverpool, this is only the start of the European Manager Merry Go Round.