Rafa Benitez says one player he managed at Liverpool was ‘more complete’ than Cristiano Ronaldo
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26-second readRafael Benitez has named one player he managed at Liverpool as the most ‘complete’ he’s ever worked with in his extensive coaching career. The Spaniard spent six seasons at Anfield between 2004 and 2010, winning the Champions League and FA Cup and getting the Reds to four European semi-finals.
Steven Gerrard was club captain for the duration of Benitez’s managerial reign on Merseyside, and the midfielder was a hugely influential figure on the pitch for LFC throughout that time, most notably in the epic triumph in Istanbul in 2005 and the FA Cup final a year later.
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Rafael Benitez has named one player he managed at Liverpool as the most ‘complete’ he’s ever worked with in his extensive coaching career.
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