Del Bosque extends his Spanish stay

The man, who's celebrating his 59th birthday today, will now stay at the helm of the Spanish international team until the end on EURO 2012. The previous deal was set to expire after World Cup 2010 finals, but the Spanish FA have now made the sensible decision and cleared any danger of Del Bosque leaving after the tournament as there will be a number of club sides looking for a new manager in the summer.

Del Bosque's reign has been very impressive with only one loss suffered. That came in past summer's Confederations Cup and the performance at the tournament was a bit from the Spaniards, crashing out in the semis, but other wise the two and a half year progression under Del Bosque has been very impressive. With the team nr.1 in the FIFA rankings, they are the marking point of every other team. And maybe 2010 will be the year when they'll finally end their big tournaments failure and go all the way.