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Balague: Benitez has a desire to manage Liverpool again

Rafa Benitez feels he has unfinished business at Liverpool and would love to manage the club again one day.

 

The 60 year-old Spaniard is currently out of work after leaving latest club Dalian Pro in the Chinese SuperLeague in late January.

 

The well-travelled manager is known as someone who loves a project and Journalist and close confidant Guillem Balague has said that he would love a return to Liverpool although it is not on the cards at this time.

 

The Echo reported Balague as saying:

 

“There is a feeling of unfinished business with Rafa and Liverpool, I've always said that.

 

“Rafa would love to be the Liverpool manager at some point. Maybe in a time of crisis, proper crisis, not what's happening now.

 

“Maybe in a time where there's a need for a strong personality to steady a ship. But right now in the way that the owners are behaving and Klopp and everything, that situation doesn't exist.

 

"How can we think that Klopp has reached the end of an era? Look at the bigger picture, how can anyone suggest that?

 

"It's laughable. It's stupid and absurd to be talking about a future without Klopp."

 

The issue regarding who will succeed Klopp when the time comes has sprung to life during the last few weeks. Bookies slashed the odds of the German leaving Anfield due to a flurry of bets placed by people who would have been better served using that money at bestaustraliancasinosites where at least they'd have a chance of their gamble paying off.

 

Unsubstantiated rumours a few weeks ago that the German was considering his position due to the significant drop in form by the team turned out to be just that, as it was revealed he was dealing with a personal tragedy with the passing of his mother.

 

There will come a time when Klopp does decide to walk away from this fantastic team that he built and while it will be a incredibly sad day, there will be no lack of suitors for the role.

 

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The main question is would they look to bring back a manager past or look at someone with progressive Football philosophies.

 

Benitez unquestionably won the hearts of a lot of Liverpool fans with his ability to connect with the fanbase on and off the pitch and restoring Liverpool’s name as the pre-eminent team in Europe.

 

He fought the good fight against Liverpool’s rivals, never taking a backward step ruffling plenty of feathers and creating everlasting memories along the way.

 

His disputes with the owners at the time will go down in Anfield folklore, but his pre-occupation with what was happening off the pitch ended up affecting performances on it and his own judgement when it came to buying and selling players.

 

It would be harsh to say that Benitez’s best days are behind him, but would he be able to re-invent and alter his pragmatic ways, something that his old sparring partner Jose Mourinho has failed to do?

 

Benitez did not like to gamble and his approach was usually ultra cautious. For those who do like a gamble you should visit here.

 

At this stage it is nothing more than a hypothetical scenario and may very well remain that way. 

 

But like many things in Football, it presents itself as an interesting talking point.

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while i will always thank Benitez for that night in Istanbul i wouldn't want him back it would never work .....abit like going back to the ex mrs its never the same 

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8 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

i wonder if perhaps they would see him as an advisor to stevie - a little like paisley was for kenny. i know slightly different as kenny hadn't managed at all. 

 

anyway, fingers crossed it's not a fucking discussion and klopp is around for some time yet. 

Kenny and Stevie at the helm in advisor and manager might actually cause me to fully, fully care again. Fully.

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3 hours ago, belarus said:

Kenny and Stevie at the helm in advisor and manager might actually cause me to fully, fully care again. Fully.

Klopp has achieved more than anybody in over 30 years at the club. I will be mortified if he is replaced any time soon.

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11 hours ago, El Dangerous said:

Stevie would probably ring Woy for advice before he took any from Rafa. Not exactly the warmest relationship.

He's said in the past that he had spoken to Rafa for advice. He said that playing under Woy was awkward.

 

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8 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Balague is a fucking bellend. 

 

How he qualifies as a football journalist is beyond me. I could count on one hand the number of times Balague has got something right!

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9 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Klopp has achieved more than anybody in over 30 years at the club. I will be mortified if he is replaced any time soon.

100% agreed - not calling for his head or suggesting that he is anything but the best manager in the world, but I hope to see Stevie back one day.

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