If the owner wants to support the team, that's okay. If the owner can be on the pitch and score a couple… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Real Madrid approach each match and each competition with the idea of winning it. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Napoli belongs to the city and to the fans. If this city sees the team reach the final, it will be a… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
You have to adapt to different teams and different players, but you have try to maintain your discipline and score goals. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Inter did not treat me well. They did not recognise my value despite me winning the Italian Super Cup and the Club… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
I understand 100 per cent why someone would want to buy Newcastle United. It's very clear: it has the potential to be… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
I have said many times that I am convinced that Benzema is a great striker, and I think he has demonstrated that. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Wenger is a great manager, a great person, someone who knows the league here in England. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
As a manager, you are important sometimes, and you make mistakes, but the most important people are your staff and your players.… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
When I arrived at Liverpool, the budget was £20m gross. When I left, it was £17m, but still people said I must… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
When you play against a top side, you know they will have more possession, and they will be in more control, and… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
There are good players in Europe and all the way around the world, but better than Torres - no. I would not… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Whether a player rotates more or less depends on his form and his position. It's not the same for a center back… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
The fans say you can do this and that, but you have to analyse the potential of the team with your staff.… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
If you spend £200million, £300m every year, obviously, even if you make mistakes, you have a good team, but without spending so… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Luiz Felipe Scolari was a good professional, a nice person, someone you could talk with before and after games. He has a… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
If you are a referee, it's not easy because everyone wants to win, and so there will be cheating. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
To win the UEFA Cup with Valencia changed my life. It changed everything. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
When you have a run of games where you keep winning and winning, you know it must end. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
The champions are the team with the most points...if United have more points, it means they have more points, that's all. Nothing… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
To win the league with Valencia in Spain after 31 years changed my life. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
The difference between players is not always the quality but their mentality. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
As I see it, Seedorf and I are coaches who handle the concept of a more proactive game. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
There is no Benitez 'method.' We try to be more solid in defense without losing the quality in attack. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Whenever people say things about me, it always comes back to Liverpool - but I cannot just become 'the former manager.' I… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
Does the manager have absolute power in England? No, it depends on a budget and on the executive director that negotiates the… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
What features in a midfielder am I after? Players who have the mindset to win every game - then we can start… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
How can you change things when you are under pressure? You don't tell a player who keeps giving the ball away not… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
In England, there is a tradition of playing on Saturday. But in Spain, I won the UEFA Cup with Valencia playing on… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
You go to Madrid, you have four or five teams at the maximum level. You go to Milan, and it's the same.… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
There are massive clubs with massive amounts of money, and Liverpool were always a little bit behind. But if you create a… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
When you have more money than anyone, and you can buy the players that you want, OK, you can buy the quality,… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
I was under pressure in my first season at Valencia, and we won the title. Two years later, I was under more… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
If you spend £200million, £300m every year, obviously, even if you make mistakes, you have a good team, but without spending so much money,… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
It is always difficult, but when you have been a manager for a while with different teams, sometimes you were only playing once a… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
When you have a run of games where you keep winning and winning, you know it must end. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
You must wait until the end, and at the end of the season you can say it was a good or a bad season. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
When you're a young manager and trying to build something, you work very, very hard. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
As a manager, you are important sometimes, and you make mistakes, but the most important people are your staff and your players. Never call… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
When I was at Valencia my wife said that we would win the league. She was right and to mark the occasion she asked… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
It is very important that you can express yourself, especially at half-time in a changing room, which is the crucial time for a manager. — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
What features in a midfielder am I after? Players who have the mindset to win every game - then we can start to talk… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
In Spain, the game is more technical; in England, it's more physical, while in Italy, it's more tactical. Each country is a challenge, and… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
If the owner wants to support the team, that's okay. If the owner can be on the pitch and score a couple of goals,… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share
