Real Madrid website crashes as club make 'official announcement' with Rafa Benitez on the brink

Benitez has been in charge only six months

Rafael Benitez has dropped his foot in it with Cristiano Ronaldo once again (Getty Images)

Real Madrid's website crashed as they made an 'official announcement' on their English and Spanish Twitter feeds.

With Rafael Benitez rumoured to be on the brink of the sack on Monday afternoon, many were expecting an announcement from the Spanish giants.

It came at 5.48pm, with 'official announcement' and a link to their website.

However, when one tried to click the link nothing came up.

It was some minutes before the website was again operational.

When the website got up and running almost 10 moinutes later, the announcement was that club president Florentino Perez will call a press conference at 6.30pm (GMT).

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