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BENITEZ BACKS RODGERS

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

According to a Liverpool fanzine, former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has said that he is confident that the new manager after the helm Brendan Rodgers will be a major success. Liverpool recently secured the former Chelsea assistant manager from Swansea. He has immediately made a significant change to the Liverpool first-team by adopting a passing style of football. Rafael Benitez remains as one of the most successful Liverpool managers in recent years, as he has helped the club lift the Champions League title not so long ago in 2005. Benitez has said that he is a little surprised that he was not considered for the role as the Liverpool manager when Kenny Dalglish was sacked in the summer.

However, he has said that is more than confident that the replacement for Kenny Dalglish – Brendan Rodgers – will be able to do a good job at Liverpool. Benitez once again stressed the fact that his era with Liverpool was one of the most successful because they managed to lift the ultimate price for a club team in Europe – the Champions League. The club has not come close to playing in a Champions League final since then. He has also said that Liverpool have not even played in the Champions League for the last three seasons.

“I think they have enough quality to be in the top four — that’s my impression. Now because they are in a bad position people say ‘no chance’, but I think they have enough experience, quality, young players and the desire so I think they can compete. When a new manager goes in to a big club it is not easy especially when you have owners who need to understand more about this country, the club and football, but I have confidence they (the team) will do well,” said Rafa Benitez in a recent interview.

Bulawayo24 NEWS | Benitez dreams of a Liverpool return http://t.co/5c8gGHk

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Bulawayo24 NEWS | Benitez dreams of a Liverpool return http://t.co/5c8gGHk – by Byo24News (Byo24News)

Daily Mail: Rafa Benitez: My dream is to return to Liverpool – but I’d never take a job at Everton or Manchester… http://bit.ly/enzj7w

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Every day Mail: Rafa Benitez: My dream is to return to Liverpool – but I&aposd never ever consider a task at Everton or Manchester… http://bit.ly/enzj7w – by furls_manutd (Manchester Utd News)

Liverpool to lose Benitez, Torres and Gerrard?

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Article by Giorgio Pirelli

When again Liverpool are hitting the headlines for all the improper causes with further speculation that star players Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are set to leave the club along with supervisor, Rafa Benitez.On the back again of Liverpool’s consecutive 1- defeats to Wigan and Lille, and True Madrid’s elimination from the Europe, speculation is mounting that Benitez will finally succumb to Madrid’s developments. Benitez has apparently by now turned down three ways to swap the soccer uniforms of Liverpool for Real Madrid about the previous couple of seasons but with equally clubs faltering badly it looks as if all events involved would welcome this sort of a move. Media studies in Spain also advise that True Madrid are lining up a massive income transfer for Liverpool captain who has cut a dejected figure of late as Liverpool slump when once again.If this weren’t bad news adequate for the Anfield trustworthy, Fernando Torres has arrive out with a thinly veiled risk to give up the club if there isn’t a cash injection quickly that will finance a squad overhaul.”The genuinely critical thing is that the club make a large effort and provide in critical gamers, who will improve the top quality of the squad,” mentioned Torres.’We need four or five prime-course gamers to compete, who will make us grit our teeth and do every thing we can to attempt to keep our spots. With out reinforcements subsequent yr we will as soon as again be fighting to be fourth. I want to combat following yr to acquire the Premier League, to acquire the Champions League or the Europa League, but for this there have to be signings.’When questioned about his long run, Torres mentioned: ‘I have 3 far more many years on my agreement. I owe Liverpool a lot of factors and I’m extremely happy here. The followers have handled me like one particular of their individual, but I’m heading to think about my long term. The club deserve to get back to successful [trophies] but appropriate now that is much off. The fans are concerned about players leaving.’These quotes ended up introduced prior to a current report that The Rhone Group, a world wide personal equity firm with bases in London, Paris and New York have been in talks with the Reds for a quantity of weeks and have now put collectively a five million supply that would see them consider a 40% stake in the club.A range of investors have been circling the club for some time and now that a firm bid is on the table other investors are most likely to come ahead and compete. According to club legend, Alan Hansen, new investment is vital at this time if Liverpool is to avoid crisis”Whatever the outcome of the proposed investment in Liverpool, someone has to come in and save them simply because it is clearly crunch time in terms of the club’s historical past,” explained Hansen.”The mere simple fact that Fernando Torres chose to talk about the will need for “four or 5 leading-class” players to be signed by the club will be a fear for Liverpool supporters because, in a ideal entire world, he would have explained practically nothing and simply obtained on with the career.””On the pitch, issues are not hunting great simply because it looks as though they are heading to miss out on Champions League qualification.””To qualify, they are going to have to acquire 95 per cent of their remaining games this season and they really don’t look able of performing that.””If they fail, that’s when the problems could truly commence. I really don’t know about the intentions of Torres or Steven Gerrard, but if you are in the top a hundred gamers in the world, you want to play in the Champions League since it is the only location to be.””If Liverpool are not in the Champions League, will they acknowledge missing out as a 1-off or worry it taking place period after period? Need to possibly of them determine to go away, it would go away an tremendous hole that would be unattainable to fill.””So this is the issue going through whoever arrives in with new investment. It is a massive inquire of anybody to anticipate them to locate the funds for a new floor and a new staff.””It has been 20 many years because Liverpool won the league. If it goes another five many years and the club slip into mediocrity, then you are not only asking for trouble, you are most likely to get it.””That is why the up coming handful of months are so critical. If the new investment arrives, then the club will have to either back again manager Rafael Benítez to the hilt in the summer time or he will have to go. At the instant, you would have to say that the outcome of that one particular is 50-50.”The wearers of the most profitable of all soccer uniforms in English soccer historical past have a opportunity to create far better headlines when they get on Portsmouth at Anfield later on these days.

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LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB (THE BENITEZ YEARS)

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

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