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It is not just Alonso and Arbeloa who are among Benitez’s former Liverpool players to have moved into management.
He reels off more than 20 names who have become coaches or managers, a list including Wales boss Craig Bellamy. He also points out that Djimi Traore is now an assistant coach at Seattle Sounders.
“I sent him to the shower at half-time in the Champions League final [in 2005],” he
Crystal Palace have signed Argentina goalkeeper Walter Benitez from PSV Eindhoven on a free transfer.
The 32-year-old will move to Selhurst Park when his PSV contract expires on 1 July.
Benitez was an ever-present in PSV’s league campaign as they won the Eredivisie title, finishing a point clear of Ajax.
He started 11 of PSV’s 12 Champions League fixtures last term as they reached the last 16, where they were
Crystal Palace are on the brink of signing PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Walter Benitez on a free transfer.
Benitez, whose contract with the Dutch club expires this month, has completed a medical and Palace will announce the signing once all the relevant documents have been completed.
The Argentina goalkeeper, 32, was an ever-present in PSV’s league campaign as they won the Eredivisie title, beating Ajax to the trophy by a point.
We don’t know yet how this Liverpool side will react to adversity under Slot, but I have been impressed by what I have seen so far.
Just because they have not been behind for very long in any of their games, does not mean they have not reacted and changed things during them, either.
As well as watching them against Chelsea for MOTD2 last weekend, I was at San Siro