Why would a sane person pick Allegri over Benitez?
He has shown promise. is italian. Out of work and knows the italian game far more intimately than benitez. He also has form for getting the optimum output out of players. true enough cagilari have faded quite dramatically in the second half of the season, but still, with the players available to him...to me, he has done a better job this season than benitez has done at Liverpool. Liverpool are massively dependent on Torres, and Gerrard. Without them, Benitez has no smart ideas...9th place with a very weak cagliari team, then another solid showing this season. Indeed, for me, he seems a better choice than Benitez, who has form for failing to make more than one decent challenge for the domestic league in england, despite spending hugely on more often than not, quite poor players. Also...I simply don't like the guy. Too easy to wind up, too unwilling to accept his own mistakes, and far from a natural leader.
This is not about how highly I rate Allegri, its about my lack of value and respect for Benitez.
My choices would be...Capello...Hitzfeld...Prandelli...Gasperini...Advocaat...Blanc...Deschamps. Not in any particular order.