Rafa: Roman's money built Chelsea..not Jose
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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez yesterday cranked up his bitter war of words with Jose Mourinho by questioning his role in Chelsea's emergence as a European super-power.
Benitez, who reacted tetchily during pre-season when Mourinho suggested he needed to justify a massive summer spending spree at Anfield, let the Stamford Bridge boss have it with both barrels, claiming that Chelsea owed their recent success to Roman Abramovich's wealth rather than Mourinho's wisdom.
"He said he will not talk about other teams, so maybe his memory is playing up," Benitez said of Mourinho. "But it is about who spent the most money in the last five years, not one.
"I would say the players are more important than the managers. If you analyse the last five years, it's clear Abramovich has done a fantastic job."
Though spoken with a mischievous smile, those provocative words were chosen deliberately by Benitez to get under the skin of his most bitter rival.
And they add fuel to what already promised to be a firecracker showdown between the two title-chasing clubs at Anfield tomorrow.
Mourinho loves to trumpet his two title successes in his first two seasons at Stamford Bridge. Only last week Chelsea broke Liverpool's record for the longest unbeaten league run on home soil. But the Spaniard's intention to belittle Mourinho's achievements by attributing them purely to Abramovich's billions will have seriously wound up his Portuguese counterpart. -
There's some logic in it
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Rafe rarely speaks.
And when he speaks,he makes sense and logic. -
Like that if Liverpool win the league, its also with the Americans money what.
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Roman's war chest pawns all la.Originally posted by stellazio:Like that if Liverpool win the league, its also with the Americans money what. -
took him so long to realise??
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dont real madrid, barcelona, man u and ac milan win titles because of money.
how do you get all the good players without money? -
Do the Wenger style loOriginally posted by dragg:dont real madrid, barcelona, man u and ac milan win titles because of money.
how do you get all the good players without money? -
henry din exactly go to arsenal for free. and i bet wenger would love to have billions to spend too.... too bad arsenal not so rich.....
but he did quite a good job there.... -
haha... how much did Man U pay for Scholes, DB, Giggs, neville brothers for har???? even Solskjaer, Eric Cantona and Peter S how much har?Originally posted by dragg:dont real madrid, barcelona, man u and ac milan win titles because of money.
how do you get all the good players without money? -
arsenal nv spend any money. r they winning stuffs? gt into champion league final lost to barcelona. gone to carling cup final. lost to chelsea.. they r not winning any stuff recently. rafa i guesss is juz jealous of jose..
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real madrid and barcelona spend their own money... man u used their own money too..until glazers came..then again glazers only gave them debts to clear...
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10/10
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yea... SAF used home-grown youngster last time. but now they buying players. mayb SAF getting older. hard to him to spot youngsters. haha..jk. now rafa gt the $. let's see when he will win the EPL. let's see tis season he winning the champion league or the carling cup.Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):haha... how much did Man U pay for Scholes, DB, Giggs, neville brothers for har???? even Solskjaer, Eric Cantona and Peter S how much har? -
actually i wouldn't say it like that.. the chelsea team, who were the players who were there before roman came over.. terry and lampard.. any others?Originally posted by stellazio:Like that if Liverpool win the league, its also with the Americans money what. -
Cudicini. the rest all sold =( gallas guddy
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he always speak be4 an impt match...
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Credit is where credit due, Jose did manage to get the best out of many of his players and built a very good team. His players fight so hard for him (of course with the exceptions of a few).
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Mind Games, Mind Games.
Cheers.
CK