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Reasons to be thankful for Rafa

WALSH'S WORLD - Kristian walsh looks at the legacy of rafa benitez

LIVERPOOL fans have a lot to thank Rafael Benítez for. Whether it was restoring the club’s place at Europe’s top table, uncovering the full extent of Tom Hicks and George Gillett’s mismanagement or finishing home games with Albert Riera and Nabil El Zhar at full-back, he gave the Anfield crowd a lot to be grateful for.
Of course, he wasn’t perfect. He was erratic, cautious and overzealous. His obsession with finances leaves a legacy of the Anfield twitterati scrawling “net spen...

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