Rafa Watch

[Arn]

I can't see it myself.

I wonder why he is so sure that he will be our manager again. It is a very strange statement.

He said before that he want to be our manager again but now he is sure that he will be it.

[BobTheCharmer]

I believe that Rafa will be our manager in three, four years time with Hyypia as assistant manager.

****ing hell based on what? A Swedish hunch? In 3 or 4 years his stock will have fallen so much he'd struggle to make branch manager at my local IKEA.

[RichC]

Mainly as i dont trust the story, it sounds like words were cut and assumptions thrown in, reading it sounds like he was asked about living in Liverpool and the answer fits that with his kids etc..... I'd be interested to see the original transcript or a video of said interview.

Oh and it's Marca that bastion of truth in the media world

[Arn]

Mainly as i dont trust the story, it sounds like words were cut and assumptions thrown in, reading it sounds like he was asked about living in Liverpool and the answer fits that with his kids etc..... I'd be interested to see the original transcript or a video of said interview.

Oh and it's Marca that bastion of truth in the media world

Could of course be the truth.

The only way he could be sure that he will be our manager again would be if he either have a DeLorian back to the future version or FSG asked him to take over in the summer.

[Arn]

Before anyone say that I want Rodgers sacked and Rafa replacing him. No, I don't want that.

I want Rodgers to get a fair chance. If FSG sack Rodgers after this season then I would never again trust them to make the right decision.

[Norbs]

I wonder why he is so sure that he will be our manager again. It is a very strange statement.

He said before that he want to be our manager again but now he is sure that he will be it.

If he did say it then he's a **** stirrer. Fact

[Phoenix07]

I'd like to see him back.

I miss him..

He'll be back as Chelsea manager in less than a fortnight.

And I agree with Neil Young about Rafa being asked regarding his living arrangements. That's what I thought as soon as I read the quotes.

He knows the Real Madrid job is going to available and the best opportunity he has of getting it is ending the season well with Chelsea and entering the mind of Florentino Perez.

[dizzycat]

Now that he's definitely coming back everyone has a reason to be happy......waaay

[Phoenix07]

Brendan Rodgers insists he is not worried by claims from Rafa Benitez that he will return to Liverpool one day.

Benitez is currently at Chelsea but will leave in the summer and he said he would like to continue coaching in England.

As Liverpool boss he won the Champions League in 2005 and he told Spanish newspaper Marca: "My idea is to keep coaching a competitive team. Why not in England?

"I will return to Liverpool one day almost certainly, I just don't know when. My daughters and wife are still living there."

Rodgers however points out that Liverpool's American owners could have brought Benitez back to Anfield in the summer when the Spaniard was out of work, but instead chose to recruit him from Swansea.

"I haven't seen the statements but I've heard plenty of people talk about it," Rodgers said.

"Rafa had a successful time here in the period he was here and I think he will join a list of probably many managers throughout the world who would love to manage a great club - especially having been here before.

"Obviously that opportunity was there in the summer if the owners wanted to go down that route as Rafa was unemployed and not working.

"But they felt it best to go in a different direction and develop the club in a different way.

"And from that the board, players, myself and the club have all become one in looking to move forward and build success for the future.

"It is understandable any manager wanting to manage the club because it is truly a world-class football club.

"It is not a hindrance to me. Before I came here I had seen comments about Rafa wanting to be manager and I've seen comments while I've been here.

"But it doesn't affect me in my work or my job. My relationship is very strong with the players, we work very closely together on improving our football.

"We are very stable in terms of our board and the manager connection and we have some of the best fans in the world.

"It is a pleasure for me to be here at a truly remarkable club that many managers would want to manage, not just Rafael Benitez."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...n-to-Liverpool

[Gibbo]

Being nasty about Rafa

Sack Rodgers

[Tee]

He said he wants to go home to Liverpool the city not the club.

[G]

Rory Smith @RorySmithTimes 3h
Russian journalist asks Benitez if he meant Liverpool the city or Liverpool the club in the interview with Marca.

Rory Smith @RorySmithTimes 3h
His response: "I have my family in Liverpool, that is my home, and I will come back any time, that is sure." Not sure that clears it up.

Rory Smith @RorySmithTimes 3h
Oh, hang on: "I am talking about my home, my family. I am the Chelsea manager. I will go back this week, but because we play Liverpool."

Thats that sorted then

[RichC]

What I thought had happened typical **** hacks making stuff up to sell papers.

[Fredo]

We're all Rafa's children.

[AnfieldForever]

We're all Rafa's children.

I must be adopted then