Benitez: "Strange that bell was forthcoming Liverpool"

Benitez: "Strange that bell was forthcoming Liverpool"

Rafael Benitez did not take into account that Liverpool this summer he would approach the head coach shelf. The absence of a bell surprised the Spaniard.

Benitez was less than six seasons at the helm at Liverpool. Between 2004 and 2010, the coach of theReds including the FA Cup and the Champions League. He was therefore expected that the club after the resignation of Kenny Dalglish would come back to him.

Nothing could be less true. "It was strange to not be approached," Benitez reacts. "I know the club, the players, the training and have more experience than I was then. The fans were also positive about the idea." The coach left Liverpool in 2010, after the club in the Premier League as seventh was ended.

He points to the successes rapidly under his reign. "Before we played many important matches, it seemed like it was normal. That was not it." "People were talking about 'the past', but only a few years ago, Liverpool still the number one in Europe," said Benitez that Brendan Rodgers moderate start to the season saw.

Liverpool, after three disappointing races eighteenth. Self is the coach since he left Internazionale in 2010 without a club.