What would make Rafa go?

[Pacman]

And managing Madrid is a piece of cake in comparrison?

Did I say that?

You know exactly what I mean.

[Certacito]

Let's see, he spent four million quid on a new house in Caldy. Since then the housing market has gone to **** so maybe he will wait until it goes up again before moving or he could lose a packet.

Well it's as good a reason as any!

I'll get me coat!

[dww]

just listening to gilesy on newstalk and he was of the opinion that rafa is being very seriously undermined by the actions and statements of parry and h and g. pulling the plug on a transfer because someone is not the right player for the right money is the road to ruin. the manager and him alone decides who stays and who goes within the parameters of a budget.

given that and the fact that rafa has been seriously undermined previously (klinsmann etc...), what would make him decide to **** it and walk?

I think Rafa would walk if he felt that he couldn't improve and was never going to be able to challenge. I don't think he would make the decision about the short term but would factor in the work and effort that he has put into the youth setup etc. In terms of the owners etc. I think we have seen enough to assume that while Rafa is never happy at not getting what he wants he is willing to live with not having the finances to get the players he believes would make the difference right now as long as he is allowed freedom in the day to day footballing areas of the team and feels that he has improved the team season on season.

I genuinely think Rafa has a lot invested in LFC both emotionally and in terms of the amount of work he has put in building a team, squad and broader set up. I can't see him giving it up without a truly catastrophic change occurring.