Rafael Benitez

A master of the tactical game and of winning pressure one-off games, Rafael Benitez has the pedigree to be a great manager. Made his name with Valencia before moving to England to manage Liverpool and has led them to 2 Champions League finals in 3 years. That’s more than Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho and SAF, so that’s saying a lot.

Valencia won La Liga under him, but Liverpool have been off the pace in the league so far as Rafa in my opinion still has to get his tactics in line with the demands of the Premiership.

  1. Three Premier League bosses under pressure

    Rafael Benitez at Chelsea, Roberto Mancini at Manchester City and Martin O’Neill at Sunderland are all managers under pressure but very different types of pressure. Rafael Benitez has been under pressure ever since he walked through the door as interim …


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