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Dundalk wrote:Rafas looking for some money..... dont think he will get it the way things are going


"It will depend on the investors," he said. "We want to keep the spine of the team. But sometimes you have to manage and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

"I think we can improve but it depends if we can do the right signings and it is always easier to sign more players with more money.

"If you analyse what Fernando Torres and Jamie Carragher have said, they were talking about needing four or five players.

"The cost of a top-class player is about £20m. I think we need three.

"It's not easy for us to compete for players. We have to do almost everything perfectly.

"Look at other teams, they have plenty of players worth £20m who are not playing, but they manage because of the squad.

"Last year we tried to keep players and extend contracts and to add some players. It depends on the money available but the key is if you don't have too much money then don't make mistakes.

"Sometimes you bring someone who needs to settle down or they have a problem - this year we had a problem with Alberto Aquilani and his ankle - so you cannot guarantee anything.

"People can talk about this player and that player but they have to blend in because if you don't have £60m every year you have to sell."

Benitez has been criticised for allowing players such as Xabi Alonso, Sami Hyypia and Crouch to leave the club.

But he insists he was powerless to prevent their departures.

Benitez said: "I was listening to some fans and they said 'why did you sell this player or that'.

"I said we sold one tall striker - I won't tell you his name, you can guess - but his wages at his other team are double what they were here. If they don't play here and they can get double wages elsewhere they will think 'maybe I should go'.

"Hopefully in the future we will have more players coming from the youth system and from the reserves.

"This is the first year we have had control of The Academy. We have not produced a player in the last 13 years so that was a big problem."

Rafa should put himself up in the election. The way he spins things is better than most politicians.
What would his party be called I wonder?

Sir Roger wrote:

Dundalk wrote:Rafas looking for some money..... dont think he will get it the way things are going


"It will depend on the investors," he said. "We want to keep the spine of the team. But sometimes you have to manage and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

"I think we can improve but it depends if we can do the right signings and it is always easier to sign more players with more money.

"If you analyse what Fernando Torres and Jamie Carragher have said, they were talking about needing four or five players.

"The cost of a top-class player is about £20m. I think we need three.

"It's not easy for us to compete for players. We have to do almost everything perfectly.

"Look at other teams, they have plenty of players worth £20m who are not playing, but they manage because of the squad.

"Last year we tried to keep players and extend contracts and to add some players. It depends on the money available but the key is if you don't have too much money then don't make mistakes.

"Sometimes you bring someone who needs to settle down or they have a problem - this year we had a problem with Alberto Aquilani and his ankle - so you cannot guarantee anything.

"People can talk about this player and that player but they have to blend in because if you don't have £60m every year you have to sell."

Benitez has been criticised for allowing players such as Xabi Alonso, Sami Hyypia and Crouch to leave the club.

But he insists he was powerless to prevent their departures.

Benitez said: "I was listening to some fans and they said 'why did you sell this player or that'.

"I said we sold one tall striker - I won't tell you his name, you can guess - but his wages at his other team are double what they were here. If they don't play here and they can get double wages elsewhere they will think 'maybe I should go'.

"Hopefully in the future we will have more players coming from the youth system and from the reserves.

"This is the first year we have had control of The Academy. We have not produced a player in the last 13 years so that was a big problem."

Rafa should put himself up in the election. The way he spins things is better than most politicians.
What would his party be called I wonder?

I don't know Gordon Brown thinks he's doing a great job as well, which one has wasted the most money though.

The_Rock wrote:Eventually it has to come back to "20 million players" broken record doesn't it ?

He can't even keep up his guarantee and now he tries to shift the blame on us have not enough "20 million players".....

Whatever... as long as benitez goes to madrid......its all good.

Will you off to another forum too?

bavlondon wrote:

The_Rock wrote:Eventually it has to come back to "20 million players" broken record doesn't it ?

He can't even keep up his guarantee and now he tries to shift the blame on us have not enough "20 million players".....

Whatever... as long as benitez goes to madrid......its all good.

Will you off to another forum too?

The_Rock wrote:

bavlondon wrote:

The_Rock wrote:Eventually it has to come back to "20 million players" broken record doesn't it ?

He can't even keep up his guarantee and now he tries to shift the blame on us have not enough "20 million players".....

Whatever... as long as benitez goes to madrid......its all good.

Will you off to another forum too?

Why don't you f@ck off yourself......

Who do u think you are ?

Greavesie wrote:To be fair Rock you do seem to get off on Rafa's demise

bavlondon wrote:

Greavesie wrote:To be fair Rock you do seem to get off on Rafa's demise

Get off on it? He talks with so much disrespect I think he is a utd fan in disguise...

bavlondon wrote:

The_Rock wrote:Eventually it has to come back to "20 million players" broken record doesn't it ?

He can't even keep up his guarantee and now he tries to shift the blame on us have not enough "20 million players".....

Whatever... as long as benitez goes to madrid......its all good.

Will you off to another forum too?