Tag: Rafa

Fulham v Chelsea: Rafa Benitez on former players Alonso and Arbeloa as managers
24 August 2026 Off

Fulham v Chelsea: Rafa Benitez on former players Alonso and Arbeloa as managers

By Total Football News

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

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Why Arne Slot’s Liverpool still have a lot to learn about each other – Rafa Benitez
27 October 2024 Off

Why Arne Slot’s Liverpool still have a lot to learn about each other – Rafa Benitez

By Total Football News

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

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