Steven Gerrard doesn't rate Benitez according to Graham Beacroft

[Barrington Womble]

Steven Gerrard so fed up with Rafa Benitez he's ready to quit his beloved Liverpool | Mail Online

 

here we go again.

[Tossed and blown]

At last, something of value in this thread.

 

Carl Pilkington to sign for us.

[BexBissel]

How ironic given Gerrard was made the player he is today by Benitez.

Off topic I know, but didn't Rafa convert Carragher into a CB?

[redrosetints]

i think it's beeen misheard..Rafa wasnt rubbing his hands over money and being unsackable, he was pretending to wash his hands taking the piss out of Gerrards OCD, .

[BCM]

Some of the things in that article regarding Purslow, make me think this was written with some of the main people at the club's knowledge. More politics?

[Soup]

You couldn't make it up......Er

[piscinin]

Some of the things in that article regarding Purslow, make me think this was written with some of the main people at the club's knowledge. More politics?

 

Don't think so. Most of that stuff has been out there all season. When Purslow first joined he was telling all and sundry how he was going to work on Rafa's PR skills (eye contact during press conferences etc) and how he was going to help him build rapport with the players etc.

 

Over time I guess he worked out that was a bigger task than he thought! Charisma out of Rafa or Blood out of a stone? I know which one I'd choose!

[PaulMcC]

If Gerrard really wants to go, he can fuck off like Carra said.

[Arl arse]

Rats always desert a sinking ship.

[redinoz]

At last, something of value in this thread.

 

Carl Pilkington to sign for us.

 

Isn't he a manc?

[vonk]

I'm not insulting Benitez , but for someone to deny that Benitez hasn't improved Gerrard as a player is madness.

 

Gerrard has bailed Rafa out of trouble on more occasions than are worth listing on here. Your statement assumes that players can only improve under the right manager. No chance that Gerrard simply peaked during the Rafa years then? He was at his peak in 2005 imo, and that had nothing to do with the manager.

[Code]

Rafa please go now and take your puppets with you.

[Sarb24]

Shows how stupid some fans really are. A guy who who has given his all for well over 10 years for this club has one bad season and he should be sold. A mediocre manager who has had one decent premiership season out of six should be given another four years in the job. Quite ridiculous. Let's sell Gerrard and we'll be relegation fodder, but the same old fools can come out and talk about 'net spend' day in day out.

 

These same idiots who were clamouring for Rafa to get a new five year deal next season are also to blame for the mess the club is in. Most knowledgeable fans in the world....I don't think so!

 

Rafa is a leach, a bigger c*nt than Mourinho. As Rafa would say, that is FACT

[Sarb24]

Rats always desert a sinking ship.

 

Stupid comment. Gerrard has done more for this club than Rafa will ever do. Yet Rafa deserves four more years. Let's see what you're saying next season when Rafa has managed your expectations down to thinking fighting against relegation is acceptable

[JohnnyH]

Rats always desert a sinking ship.

 

To be fair, everyone else usually does also though. It's only the gobshite band that stay playing the same tune.......

[Chinandeler Bong]

Rats always desert a sinking ship.

 

Can you blame them ?

[Juan Galonso]

He'll walk alone: Steven Gerrard so fed up with Rafa Benitez he's ready to quit his beloved Liverpool

 

 

 

Liverpool fear that captain Steven Gerrard’s frustration with life under Rafael Benitez will see him leave Anfield this summer if he gets the right offer.

 

Gerrard has been a Liverpool player for more than 11 years, making more than 400 appearances for the club that he almost led to Barclays Premier League glory a year ago.

 

But Sportsmail understands that the Anfield hierarchy are concerned by the lack of a relationship between the midfielder and manager Benitez and fear he will look at other options this summer.

 

With Benitez’s game of bluff and counter-bluff with the Liverpool board over his future at an impasse, it seems likely that the Spaniard will still be at the club next season.

 

It is feared, however, that this will heighten Gerrard’s sense of gloom with regard to the future and many people at the club are thought to feel it unlikely that the next campaign will begin with both manager and captain on board.

 

Having missed out on Champions League qualification with a dismal seventh place League finish this season, Benitez and his players are aware that there is little money to spend on new talent, something that is a big worry to Gerrard as he looks to win the title at his beloved club.

 

With Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal cemented as the top three teams in the country and Tottenham and Manchester City ready to challenge again next season, Gerrard is aware that his chances of winning the title with Liverpool are remote.

 

It is understood that he feels Benitez has been given the chance to take Liverpool forward but, having failed to build on 2005’s amazing Champions League win, has not been able to take it.

 

Benitez and the Liverpool board are aware that star striker Fernando Torres is wondering whether his career could benefit from a move, but there is now a feeling that Gerrard is the player more likely to leave.

 

The 29-year-old remains frustrated that he has not won a League title and knows that time is running out. A move abroad is most likely to tempt him and Real Madrid will certainly be interested if Jose Mourinho takes over this summer.

 

Twice, in 2004 and 2005, Gerrard almost left Liverpool to join Mourinho at Chelsea and a move to Spain would be the perfect way out for the Liverpool skipper.

 

At home, Manchester City made their own tentative interest but realise Gerrard will not go to Eastlands despite not having to uproot his family.

 

A fee in excess of £25million for Gerrard would at least give Benitez room to manoeuvre in the transfer market.

 

But it is understood that support for Benitez in the dressing room is far from unanimous.

 

With Liverpool losing 10 League games last season, there is a feeling among some players that his tactics have lost direction and what will surprise many fans is that Torres has reservations about this, too.

 

The Spain striker has been a sensation in the three years he has spent at Anfield and is recognised as one of the best centre forwards in the world.

 

However, City and Chelsea have firm interest in him, too, and the 26-year-old has failed to declare that his future remains on Merseyside.

 

Behind the scenes, tension continues to exist between Benitez and the Liverpool chief executive Chrsitian Purslow.

 

Purslow is aware of the theory that Benitez was trying to strengthen his own position by allowing interest from Italian club Juventus to be known as the season reached its underwhelming climax.

 

He is also aware of how many important games last season were prefaced by comments from Benitez about his own position or future at the club.

 

With Italian champions Inter Milan the latest club to be linked with a move for Benitez, it appears that the furore over his future will not die down.

 

If he does stay then he will do so knowing that his transfer budget will be small. This will further frustrate a manager who is known to feel that he has not had sufficient cash to spend during his time at Anfield.

 

Liverpool have rejected a £9.5m offer from Juventus for midfielder Alberto Aquilani. The club are still unsure about Aquilani’s role with the squad next season but would want double that offer to consider selling.

 

The 25-year-old joined last summer from Roma in a £20m deal and Benitez would want to recoup that money to strengthen his squad.

 

Juventus know Liverpool’s budget is tight and Benitez must generate cash but a swap deal involving Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo has also been mooted.

 

Aquilani’s agent Franco Zavaglia said: ‘It is not easy to bring him to Juventus. In this season, when he did not have ankle problems, he has always played and never had any problems with Benitez. So they won’t part with Aquilani unless they receive very heavy offers.’

 

Liverpool may raise cash by selling winger Albert Riera, who is wanted by German club Stuttgart.

 

Bradford City’s 14-year-old striker Callum Pilkington is poised to sign for Liverpool for an undisclosed fee.

[Kennys_spell]

Can you blame them ?

 

Someone asked what "You'll never walk alone" means the other day, perhaps someone should now ask what "Through the wind and the rain" means?

[hobbit]

Its as Cara say's, he wants out then buy buy.

[WilliamW]

Its as Cara say's, he wants out then buy buy.

 

Agree, only Rafa is bigger than the club.

[Guest LFD]

Agree, only Rafa is bigger than the club.

 

His waist is.

[Chinandeler Bong]

Its the daily mail.

[WilliamW]

Someone asked what "You'll never walk alone" means the other day, perhaps someone should now ask what "Through the wind and the rain" means?

 

4 years with steady decline culminating in this travesty of a season where the genious traded Alonso for fucking Lucas - I can understand that Gerrard might think the time is here to leave the asylum. :wallbutt:

[coop]

Instead of feeling sorry for himself and sulking around the pitch then why doesn't he try doing something about the situtation we are in.

 

At a time like this we need leaders on the pitch which is why you see the reaction from Carragher of telling people if they don't want to play for Liverpool then fuck off.

 

Last season was fucking shite and it wasn't helped by the top players such as Gerrard going through the motions every game and not looking bothered.

 

Gerrard has been a superb player for Liverpool in the past and is one of the all time Liverpool greats but we need him more then ever now and we need him at his best to help get us back into the Champions League.

[navbasi]

4 years with steady decline culminating in this travesty of a season where the genious traded Alonso for fucking Lucas - I can understand that Gerrard might think the time is here to leave the asylum. :wallbutt:

 

"4 years with steady decline?" Are you fucking sure??? Please explain.