Pellegrini, the engineer tasked with rebuilding Real

MADRID: Real Madrid's new coach Manuel Pellegrini will be under pressure to achieve some early success for new president Florentino Perez, who has vowed to build the "best club of the 21st century".

The Chilean, 55, a qualified civil engineer, replaced Juande Ramos on Monday to become Real's seventh manager in the past decade.

He was named on the day that Perez, the inspiration behind the 'Galacticos', began his second term in charge of Real, one of the world's most successful clubs but which finished last season without silverware and amid a cloud of corruption involving its former president, Ramon Calderon.