5 years back Benitez had CL winning team, Liverpool where on the top. At that time Prandelli started to train a team that where struggling to avoid relegation. Since then Benitez has wasted God knows how many money to build and rebuild and rebuild his team time and time again, but Liverpool right now is nowhere near the top where they were before 5 years. While Prandelli have kept overachieving with Fiorentina and if not for the Calciopoli, Viola would've finished at TOP4 in four consecutive seasons. Apart from Inter none of the teams in the last 5 years have been able to do so (we might be there too if not for the same shit). This year they met each other face to face and Benitez got his ass kicked. Could anyone imagine that before 5 years? We don't have the financial resources nor squad Liverpool has, what makes you think Benitez may succeed here if he has been a Ranieri for Liverpool for 5 years now? Prandelli may not mean success right away, but Benitez is even bigger risk, since he would ask for expensive transfers, big salary and long contract. I can easily see how one can pick Prandelli over Benitez.