Rafa Benitez is already "99 percent" Real Madrid's next manager, according to the agent of Carlo Ancelotti.

Ancelotti was fired by Real Madrid on Monday.

Current Napoli and former Valencia, Liverpool and Chelsea manager Benitez is widely seen as the frontrunner with his agent saying the Spaniard would be "delighted" to take the job, especially with Perez having intimated that he wanted a Spanish speaker in the role.