Rafa Benitez, Football Manager

Obviously I love Rafa beyond all reason. Be sad for AVB tho and not sure of the wisdom of taking over another Mourinho team. Then again the job he would really like is Real Madrid so that would be even more of a problem.

best for rafa to take over a shambles well after mourinho than a just-departed success. The comparisons would be ..... kinder

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/rafael-benitez-why-i-will-never-forget-the-camaraderie-of-working-with-my-old-friend-del-bosque-7904425.html

good piece, great pics

why is this man not working more productively in our society

if avb were to fail and be replaced in a year or so's time, and the new manager had a patchy start and was maybe under a touch of pressure, and arry gave the press a few lines about 'ow 'e thinks 'e should 'ave been asked back cos of wot a good job 'e'd done before..

ILF would not, i'd imagine, shrink from calling it cuntish behaviour.

arry and his family worked tirelessly for the community how dare you

Nice try.

Trap loves a trier iirc

xp

But genuinely?

http://www.fanfootball.co.uk/images/fernando-torres-and-rafa-benitez.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2012/11/22/1353584225524/Boudewijn-Zenden-Rafael-B-006.jpg

innit, Bolo

jesus, rafanatics all over the web were really desperate to get right back into this debate huh

its funny no-one has seems to mentioned the crazy damage he did to inter, six months there and they went from triple winners to upper-mid table rubbish.

crazy damage??

https://twitter.com/RAWK_Meltdown

I honestly cannot sleep, constantly tossing and turning. Every time I close my eyes, I see his (Benitez) cheery smile and polite wave.

Chelsea will walk this league now they actually have a world class manager. Will be wrapped up by april

apart from family tragedies It was just the worst possible news I could have received today

I wept over the Rafa portrait I have next to my bed when I heard the news.

You'd think the last one must be a wind up, but you just can't be sure.

yeah, I keep it in a shrine in the living room

you'd kinda think but then you'd think

I honestly cannot sleep, constantly tossing and turning. Every time I close my eyes, I see his (Benitez) cheery smile and polite wave.

http://i.imgur.com/9zTtD.jpg

http://cdn.whoscored.com/img/blog/2012%2f11%2fBenitez-Progress.jpg

That we never saw the real Liverpool 09/10 team breaks my heart

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/04/article-2242919-1658B912000005DC-269_634x367.jpg

may have been misquoted, but seems to think he will definitely manage liverpool again

would ye take him over brendan rogers today

I'd let him do the cups

oh man, he'd be so good at Celtic

he'd do a better job than Neil Lennon imo

every team and their fans should get the opportunity to experience rafa as manager.

He's a multiple European trophy winner, I'd expect him to do a better job than Neil Lennon!

as long as he could bring in 4 or 5 players he'd do fine

i think it seems clear he was riffing on a stupid journalist question- will u ever return to liverpool rafa- i'd better the wife n kids is there innit *BOING* bdumdumdumtcch classic

he has a great chance to fuck over mourinho by taking chelsea out of next year's champions league

Manager of the month for April>>>

Can't dent he's been doing well recently

oops I meant to say deny

4th european final for rafa

More special than you-know-who?

well in rafa lad

Piggybackin previous managers for most of em

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01683/rafa_1683915a.jpg

pedigree

4 European trophies to Jose's 3.

http://i.imgur.com/mmQ6EQW.jpg

More likely to go in than if Torres had hit it tbh.

"I prefer to remember only the positive things from my time at Inter," the 53-year-old stressed to Minuto 116.

"For example, the fact we won the Italian Super Cup and Club World Cup.

"However, many people pass judgment without knowing what really happened. The truth is that the club and technical staff sat down together to plan a renewal of the squad, including the names of new players, but these suggestions were never followed.

"The way I see it, this was the cause of everything that happened at Inter that year and possibly even in the following campaigns."

puedes decir revisionismo oportunidad

Napoli have agreed a fee of €37m (£32m) with Real Madrid for striker Gonzalo Higuain according to reports in Italy but the deal is still far from done.

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thats about 48m to madrid for higuain, albiol and callejon if it goes through

idk if higuain is going to be as enthusiastic about napoli as madrid are

idk, cl qualified with apparent ambition and wherewithal... i'd be persuadable

gotta be some resonance there for an argentine no?