Former Liverpool first team coach, and now manager of AIK Solna, Alex Miller has stated that he believes Rafa Benitez’s downfall was because he didn’t have anyone around him to keep him in check. He told the Sunday Mail:
“I don’t want to talk myself up but people don’t realise the contribution I made at Liverpool. The rest of the people around Rafa were yes men and massaged his ego. That’s the way he liked it – he killed himself.”
In the interview, Miller also revealed that as Chief Scout he told Liverpool about Robin van Persie when he was a 16 year old at Feyenoord, and also that he mentioned the talents of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Reds 18 months before Manchester United bought the playe