Rafa Benitez slams former club Liverpool
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Inter boss Rafa Benitez slams former club Liverpool and says Anfield chiefs 'knew nothing about football'
Striking back: Inter Milan manager Rafa Benitez
Rafa Benitez has risked souring his Liverpool legacy after launching a stinging attack on the Anfield board and claiming they 'know nothing' about football.
The Inter Milan coach was ousted as Liverpool manager during the summer after a calamitous season in which he lost the confidence of several key players and almost missed out on Europe altogether.
A Europa League place was eventually salvaged but could not gloss over an increasingly strained atmosphere in the dressing room and fractious relationship with senior figures behind the scenes.
Constantly at odds with Anfield's heirarchy over policy matters and transfer funds, he accepted an offer from Inter president Massimo Moratti to fill the vacancy created by Jose Mourinho's move to Real Madrid.
Moratti is notorious for trying to influence the choice of signings, yet Benitez derided his former employers and insisted he already has a far better rapport with his new San Siro boss.
Under fire: Liverpool's American owners George Gillett Jnr (left) and Tom Hicks
'The last year at Liverpool I had directors who knew nothing about soccer, and you couldn't talk about soccer with them,' the 50-year old Spaniard said.
'My relationship with president Massimo Moratti is good, he is a man who knows his soccer.'
Given Benitez had little direct contact with co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett or chairman Martin Broughton, who was recruited to oversee a proposed sale of the club, his bitter outburst would appear to be aimed at chief executive Christian Purslow or commercial director Ian Ayre.
Purslow was the main point of contact for transfer discussions and other day-to-day matters. But, like Ayre, he is a lifelong Liverpool fan who has always taken a keen interest in the team's fortunes.
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hahahaha..liverpool!! what can i say.they are blaming each other now.liverpool is a joke
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respect other teams la.....dun say so and so is a joke.
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typical Spaniard...............arrogant and ungrateful..............best at deflecting blame.............
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i hope rafael, spain and barca win nothing this year.
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rafael probably has no more friends in england
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It is ok for him to behave this way.
We have to wait whether he can tahan in inter milan.
As for the joker who keep mocking Liverpool, he is just jealous that the club he supported is all so boring.
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Originally posted by Medicated Oil:
It is ok for him to behave this way.
We have to wait whether he can tahan in inter milan.
As for the joker who keep mocking Liverpool, he is just jealous that the club he supported is all so boring.
if winning trphies every year u called boring so be it.if kicking liverpool ass year in year out is boring to u,so be it.if seeing liverpool play like shit,losing games,no league title,no champions league football,and even now kana ko'ed by league 2 team,and now rock bottom in epl standing,and gona go bust and get relegated this year is exciting to you,so be it.liverpool fans has nothing to cheer anyway,winning a game againts a small team is like winning the champions league or the priemere league fir pool fans.ouch!! -
Originally posted by MANCHESTER UNITED FC:
if winning trphies every year u called boring so be it.if kicking liverpool ass year in year out is boring to u,so be it.if seeing liverpool play like shit,losing games,no league title,no champions league football,and even now kana ko'ed by league 2 team,and now rock bottom in epl standing,and gona go bust and get relegated this year is exciting to you,so be it.liverpool fans has nothing to cheer anyway,winning a game againts a small team is like winning the champions league or the priemere league fir pool fans.ouch!!
some ppl take team rivalry so seriously..you in singapore not say you born in manchester or whatever.
OT: i wonder what happened to the guy featured in ST who said 'i love pool more than my wife'
he must be undergoing severe depression