KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Guil - Rafa exit not a consequence of player power

Steven Gerrard's transfer to Real Madrid could be imminent, as with Rafa Benitez's departure from Anfield, the club's proprietors have put a €30 million price tag on the English midfielder, according to Marca.

Benitez's exit, in effect, makes transfer talks with Liverpool much easier for los Blancos. Rafa was a holdout in the Xabi Alonso transfer deal last summer that sent the Basque midfielder to Madrid for a higher price than the Merengues would have preferred to pay and was anticipated to be a major hurdle in signing Gerrard from the Reds this summer.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has long been an outspoken admirer of Gerrard and reportedly hoped to sign him during his time at Chelsea. Now, with the Liverpool club hierarchy having put an asking price on the table, Benitez's exit could facilitate Gerrard's move to Spain where the Liverpool captain would reunite with Xabi Alonso in midfield.

""My own view is that, in hindsight, if Benitez had focused all of his resources on winning the Premier League instead of trying to challenge for the cup competitions as well, maybe his story at Liverpool would have been different:""

biggest load of rubbish ive heard all day, jesus christ.

yeah coz of course any new manager coming in would only be too glad to sell all their best players for no money *rolls eyes*

personally i think that is a good point flamey - except that he made out rafa bothered for all the cup comps instead of only european ones

sorry treps, thats actually what i was pointing out.

its like he decided not to win the leaque.

ah ok got ya!! sorry

Guillem Balague is an idiot cant remeber the last time he was right

stevie, torres and masch might leave...

if barca come for masch, he will leave

stevie is 30, he will tink, new manager new start, and if there is no money to buy 4 class players like torres said, do u really tink stevie will say no real..

the same applies to torres...

i am sorry but players should not be holding clubs to ransom like that - it is not their job to decide how many players a club should buy each season ........ if they think they are so knowledgable perhaps they should apply for the manager's job

the way to build a team is not to go out and buy 4 class players anyway ...... it is not the way to do it, buy a couple of cheaper players for the future and maybe one big player (at most) every season is all a club needs, the rest should come from the academy ...... and before anyone says that can't work in this day and age - it works at barca!

player power WAS NOT a reason for rafa leaving whoever says it is doesnt know what they are talking about FACT! all the players are shocked at rafa leaving please dont believe what you read in the tabloids. notice any credible paper doesnt use that spin only gutter papers and clueless idiots. expect more players comments in the coming days