Rafa Benitez Fit Quotations

I need to speak to the doctors but if he is not fit in two to three days it could still be dangerous in one week. I will speak to the England manager (Sven-Goran Eriksson) about it.

If he is not fit for Friday it would be dangerous for him to play for England,

He did a full training session and the day after he was injured. Now I hope that he will be fit again. It depends on his physical condition. We will decide whether he can play or not.

He was unfortunate last season because he had so many injury problems, but if he can stay fit then he will be an important member of our squad this year.