Benitez, 50, has four years remaining on his contract and has denied reports linking him with Juventus.
After that he won Italy's Serie A twice with Juventus, though the titles were vacated due to a match-fixing scandal.
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Meanwhile in Serie A, second-place Napoli reduced the arrears with Juventus to eight points after a 3-0 win at bottom side Pescara.
With Juventus losing to Roma on Saturday, Walter Mazzarri's side had the perfect opportunity to get back on track at the San Paolo.
Zola's revamp of the Hammers backroom staff has also seen Antonio Pintus, another ex-Chelsea employee who has worked with Juventus, brought in as fitness coach.
The striker missed City's midweek 1-1 Europa League draw with Juventus and it looked as though the want-away controversy would rumble on into tonight's tie with Everton.
With Lech Poznan drawing with Juventus in Wednesday's other Group A tie, City find themselves going to Turin for the final match of the pool having already qualified.
It left Shakhtar on top of Group E on goal difference from Chelsea, with Juventus a point adrift in third following a 4-0 win at home to Nordsjaelland .
Defender Cannavaro won two scudetti with Juventus, in 2005 and 2006, while the side are currently fighting to clinch third place behind champions Inter and their city rivals AC Milan.
He joined rival Juventus on a free transfer, helped it win the Serie A title last year and is once again making a difference this season with Juventus atop the league.
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The Liverpool boss has been linked with Juventus again this week, with the Serie A club reportedly having made him their number one target back in January, but Quilon dismissed the recent rumours.
And Liverpool's depleted side more than held their own in a first 45 minutes played in low-key fashion, with Juventus showing little urgency as they went in search of the goal that would take them through.
Despite winning a remarkable eight league titles in a row with five different clubs between 2004 and 2011 ( the two with Juventus were later taken away because of the Calciopoli corruption scandal), Ibrahimovic has famously never won the Champions League.
"They are listening to what is being said by different black players and I can guarantee a lot is being doing done at the moment, " added Pericard, who retired earlier this year after a playing career which included spells with Juventus and Stoke City.
Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton has insisted neither Fernando Torres nor captain Gerrard need to be sold to ease the club's mounting debts but question marks still remain over the future of boss Rafael Benitez, with Juventus persistently touted as a possible new club for the Spaniard.
The Azzurri will be without captain Fabio Cannavaro for this weekend's showdown with the Juventus defender serving a one-match ban.
The result left Udinese two points behind third-placed Lazio, who play on Sunday along with leaders Juventus and title-chasing deefnding champions AC Milan.
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Former Valencia coach Benitez had been linked with Real Madrid and Juventus in recent months, but with both those clubs now having new men in charge he could be in the running to fill the vacant position at European champions Inter Milan following the departure of Jose Mourinho.
Napoli, who remain unbeaten, now share an identical record of eleven goals scored and two conceded with reigning champions Juventus, who drew 0-0 at Fiorentina on Tuesday.
It compares with Inter v Juventus.
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Lampard, who scored four goals in Chelsea's 6-1 demolition of Derby on Wednesday, has been linked with a move to Juventus, who are managed by former Blues boss Claudio Ranieri.
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But with Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez recently revealing he did not have a lot of money to spend in the transfer market, Johnson's arrival is likely to see some players leave the club, with full-backs Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid) and Andre Dossena (Juventus) being linked with moves away from Anfield.
For now, Bayern's thoughts will turn to Tuesday's Champions League clash with runaway Serie A leaders Juventus.
But 50 Juventus fans clashed with police shortly before the game, which finished 0-0 as Liverpool went through.
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Juventus appeared happy with their lead while Fulham, with an away goal in the bag, also seemed happy to shut up shop.
But he could not agree a deal with Barca and returned to Juventus last summer, before moving to Inter on a free transfer.
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The game was played to a backdrop of trouble as Juventus fans clashed with police, attacked Liverpool fans and threw missiles throughout the tie.
Towards the end of last season, when it looked likely that Benitez could be leaving Liverpool, he was strongly linked with Inter's rivals Juventus, before they appointed Luigi del Neri.
Juventus opened this season with four wins but then began to struggle in both the league and Europe.
Milan, battles for an Italian league title it trails Juventus by a point with six games left Ibrahimovic has a chance to extend a remarkable streak: For the last eight years, whichever team he has played for has won its league.
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