Quotes About Rafa Benitez

Rafa Benitez - man with huge experience who knew how the club operated - could not get the results Real wanted and couldn't walk away from the fights that erupted in the dressing room and the boardroom.

When I think of Xabi, my mind goes back to the first training session he had at Melwood in August 2004. And the same word always leaps out: wow! Rafa Benitez had talked him up before he arrived and immediately you understood.

Liverpool had a lot of success under Rafa Benitez, and that is difficult for anyone to follow.

The two managers I worked under longest are Gerard Houllier and Rafa Benitez. I have so much respect for the two of them.