Rafael Benitez
Rafael Benitez
Rafael "Rafa" Benítez Maudesis a Spanish football coach currently managing Newcastle United. He is the only manager in history to have won the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth16 April 1960
CityMadrid, Spain
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We tried until the very end to sign Michael. We even made phone calls early yesterday morning. In the end, it was impossible.
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We have three or four months to get through. In January we need to reinforce the squad. We were thinking about a right-winger and centre half, everyone knows that, but when people say we left it until the last minute, that's not true,
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It's his birthday and scoring goals is the best way to celebrate for a striker but we are not talking about his new contract. That'll be the next question. I like to see him scoring goals, for sure, and also playing well. The most important thing for us is to see him working hard until the end. He did that.
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It is not easy. If you have a solution maybe we can see but the solution is very difficult to find.
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It is now becoming very important when you face clubs who are round about you in the league.
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It is not easy to produce performances like this when we have so many players who are tired after so many games.
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It is only a possibility that Steven can play.
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It is a pity. It was only a few people and most of them did applaud but it is a pity, you can't say anything else.
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It is a pity he has another injury. We are playing well, we have a lot of clean sheets, Pepe Reina is playing well, we have Jerzy and Scott Carson is a very good young goalkeeper.
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Last season people said Liverpool was not the best team in the Champions League and that made life easier for us because of the way teams prepared against us.
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I saw Sir Alex once to say hello,
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I remember they had fantastic players. They played nine against nine on a half pitch and the tempo was amazing.
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People are saying that we are not making signings -- but I say we will sign the best. I have discussed the issues with our chief executive (Rick Parry) and we will spend our money wisely and carefully on the best. It is important not to spend a lot but to spend it well.
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Pellegrino could play against Watford, but he has only had one training session so it is better to wait and hopefully use him against Manchester United on Saturday,