No real surprise. Special One goes to Madrid, Rafa goes to Inter, maybe Pellegrini will go to Liverpool? Ha! http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=capress-soc_inter_milan_benitez-3592733
Dunno who a better choice might've been... Hiddink is with Turkey--seems to prefer international duty lately.
Pellegrini or Rikjaard would have been strong choices. Benitez did well in Spain and won a UEFA Cup with Valencia and followed that with the Liverpool Champions League win the next year. A return to Spain might be best for him, but if he can't win with Inter, given how weak the rest of Serie A looked this year, he won't win anywhere else.