Rafael Benitez will be introduced as the next manager of Real Madrid this week.

The former Liverpool manager was pictured leaving the Marina di Castelo hotel on Monday morning, hours after a 4-2 defeat at home to Lazio ended Napoli’s hopes of securing Champions League football next season.

According to the Spanish newspaper AS, Benítez flew to Madrid to finalise the details of his contract at the Santiago Bernabéu, where he is expected to be unveiled on Wednesday morning. “I am ready. I can’t wait to be there,” he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.