do you have any idea where Liverpool ranked in both net spend and wages from 04/05 to 09/10? total net spend in that period was £75M. How much do you think Manc

do you have any idea where Liverpool ranked in both net spend and wages from 04/05 to 09/10? total net spend in that period was £75M. How much do you think Manchester United and Chelsea spent in that period? Have a guess.. Liverpool were 5-7th in wages spend in that period. Liverpool were torn apart financially by a leveraged buyout where even the deposit paid for the club was on 14 points of interest. Rafa couldn't move in the transfer market until he sold. To suggest that he was the cause of the £300M debt that sent Liverpool broke and not the large bank loans is disingenuous at best at clueless at worse. He won two titles with Valencia in a league dominated by the top two - a feat that will unlikely to be repeated any time soon. UEFA ranks England and then Spain second. Your much-vaunted Italian league are currently ranked 4th and about to slip to 5th behind Portugal He is unemployed because he is waiting for the right offer. He was offered no less than the role at Chelsea and turned it down over contract roles. I have never heard anybody with a clue argue that Benitez is terrible. Even his most ardent critics would begrudge him the respect he deserves (only two other managers have won more trophies than Rafa in his last 9 years). You can attempt to devalue the trophies he has won as much as you like, but he won silverware that has eluded clubs who have invested billions of pounds (which makes his +£75M at Liverpool look like peanuts).