Benitez

Rafa Benitez is taking no chances with his FA cup dreams today. The Spanish manager has surprised a few people by selecting an extremely strong Chelsea side to face league one Brentford today. Perhaps he was worried that the Blues might…

It seems clear that nothing short of a miracle will stop Rafa Benitez from losing his job as the manager of Chelsea come the end of the season. To win the Europa league would be nice, but after last year it would still be a comedown after a…

John Terry sat on the bench last night as Chelsea beat Sparta Prague 1-0 in the away leg of the Europa league tie. It seemed like the perfect opportunity for the captain to get a run out, because Gary Cahill had been booked and seemed to be…

The Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata was given centre-stage today as Rafael Benitez gave Eden Hazard a well-earned rest, and the Spaniard came up trumps with a brilliant long range effort just before half-time to give Chelsea the points.…

The new Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez was in charge at Liverpool when Fernando Torres gained his reputation as a brilliant goalscorer, and now he is back mentoring the Spanish striker Benitez says that his advice to Torres has helped him…

Many of you will have seen excerpts of Rafa Benitez's letter to the Chelsea fans, but not many of you will have seen the complete essay. I personally have not been a supporter of the Spaniards appointment, but in the letter he pleads for…

The back pages of the papers this morning are reporting that Chelsea have contacted the ex-Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez to take over at Chelsea until the end of the season, when Abramovich will try and get Pep Guardiola to make the move…

According to reports this morning, the ex-Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is expected to be unveiled as the new coach at Inter Milan this week, and his first move will be to ask Dirk Kuyt and Javier Mascherano to join him in Italy. The…

Rafael Benitez has had many years at Liverpool without winning the Premiership trophy, but now it seems he is going to be given the chance to win a title with Inter Milan. Jose Mourinho left the Italian giants for Real Madrid this week,…

I now have the extended highlights from the game that must surely have won Chelsea the Premiership title. And it means that Liverpool have finished out of the top five for the first time under Rafael Benitez. Benitez summed up an awful…