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by **Ciggy** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:52 pm

Well in Rafa you deserve it more than anyone, what a lovely honour for you to have, now you have one over on everyone :buttrock

And great to see you will ignore Real if they come knocking.

RAFA: I'M HAPPY HERE AND GOING NOWHERE
Paul Eaton 21 September 2005
Rafael Benitez has again moved to quash speculation that could soon quit Anfield and take over as Real Madrid manager.
One newspaper has this week linked Benitez with a move to the Bernabeu as pressure grows on current Madrid boss Wanderley Luxemburgo who has just watched his side lose three games in a row.

Benitez, however, has dismissed the claims that he could be heading for a return to Spain and once again insisted he is more than happy with his job at Liverpool.

He told Liverpoolfc.tv: "At this moment I am very happy here. I am focused on the games we have coming up and I want to win things with my club.

"I don't want to waste my time talking about other possibilities. I am focused on my team, winning matches and I am happy at Liverpool."

Benitez, meanwhile, is celebrating being named 'Best Coach in Europe' at a prestigious awards ceremony in Italy earlier this week.

The Liverpool boss was in Udinese to receive the award and immediately dedicated it to everyone at Anfield.

He said: "I am delighted to have been named the best coach in Europe, but this award isn't for me. It's for the club, my staff, the players and our supporters. It's impossible to win trophies and be successful if you don't have the support of people around you at the club."

by **hawkmoon269** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:01 pm

Yeah Lynds....read that earlier, excellent reward for his achievement last season. He'll definitely be at the top of RM shopping list now!!! :angry:

by **Gaunt** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:10 pm

I'd say the 'special one' wasn't too happy with Rafa getting the award he deserves

by **stmichael** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:16 pm

cisses_gona_get_ya wrote: Well in Rafa you deserve it more than anyone, what a lovely honour for you to have, now you have one over on everyone
And great to see you will ignore Real if they come knocking.

RAFA: I'M HAPPY HERE AND GOING NOWHERE
Paul Eaton 21 September 2005
Rafael Benitez has again moved to quash speculation that could soon quit Anfield and take over as Real Madrid manager.
One newspaper has this week linked Benitez with a move to the Bernabeu as pressure grows on current Madrid boss Wanderley Luxemburgo who has just watched his side lose three games in a row.

Benitez, however, has dismissed the claims that he could be heading for a return to Spain and once again insisted he is more than happy with his job at Liverpool.

He told Liverpoolfc.tv: "At this moment I am very happy here. I am focused on the games we have coming up and I want to win things with my club.

"I don't want to waste my time talking about other possibilities. I am focused on my team, winning matches and I am happy at Liverpool."

Benitez, meanwhile, is celebrating being named 'Best Coach in Europe' at a prestigious awards ceremony in Italy earlier this week.

The Liverpool boss was in Udinese to receive the award and immediately dedicated it to everyone at Anfield.

He said: "I am delighted to have been named the best coach in Europe, but this award isn't for me. It's for the club, my staff, the players and our supporters. It's impossible to win trophies and be successful if you don't have the support of people around you at the club."

rubbish.

that award should blatantly have gone to sam allardyce. :laugh:

in zoo this week "big sam" claims he could manage real madrid with no problem at all.

tell you what sam, bugger off back to your butchers shop.

by **hawkmoon269** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:17 pm

We'll have to call Rafa "The Righteous One" from now on!!!

by **Red Rafa Revolution** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:25 pm

well done rafa. may you achieve more with us.

by **Sabre** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:47 pm

Udinese

Well the same way I could not receive an award in Aston Villa, he can't be in Udinese. The actual city is Udine, me thinks.

Anyway nice post, thank you.

Sabre

by **66-1120597113** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:30 pm

Well done Raffa and thouroughly deserved!
His tactics last season in C/L were perfect every game.Great to see some recognition of a brilliant 1st season.
So now all the jealous fu.ckers can stick they're pathetic jibes up they're holes!
saying we were lucky:angry:
Great to see he's staying as well.Cant understand any manager wanting to get involved in Madrids politics,especially Raffa,he knows he's got it good where he's at!!

by **H_K_LFC** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:32 pm

he finally gets the recognition he deserves

by **mighty mo** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:40 pm

in rafa we trust :buttrock

by **davo_LFC** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:48 pm

well in rafa you deserve it

by **JC_81** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:01 pm

Good news!

Never thought he would go to Madrid despite the recent rumours, so hopefully all this will put those scare-mongering fans' minds at rest. Benitez is going nowhere for a good few years.

He definitely deserves that. Let's be honest, we're far from the best team in europe ON PAPER, so what he achieved last season was remarkable. Tactically outwitted most of the supposed top coaches including Ancellotti, Capello and Mourinho last season. Superb :buttrock

by **fritzylfc** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:11 pm

well done rafa, a great honour, he,s a proven winner in spain as well as liverpool . there is no dout in my mind that there is alot more to come.

by **redsince2001** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:47 pm

keep up the good work Rafa....

by **Krafty** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:16 pm

Players come and go
Fans come and go, some come back as fair weather, other as time permitted.
Managers come and go
That is the nature of any games.

However LFC is to stay, been proven time and time again, despite some great times and some rough times.

Job well done RB, hope you stay, but only if your heart truely in it.

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