Rafa the gafa to arsenal?


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Imagine if we could get somebody of Rafa's stature. We wouldn't need to raid other team's reserves season after season
 
Liverpool pre Man City's takeover were an established top 4 side who basically played CL football every season so attracting top class players wasn't difficult. Considering at one point only Chelsea had spent more money than them his transfer dealings were largely bad at the time he was there (those 3 mentioned being his only stand out signings that you would argue were CL quality).

He was often threatening the ownership there despite being one of the consistently higher spenders in the division and has already done it to you guys this season.

As I said you'll soon realise what the blokes like if Ashley doesn't give him £50 million+ a season to spend which is unlikely if last experience is to go by.
££££ It's the reason why he left Valencia after working wonders at the turn of the millennium, not getting enough money to spend.
He spent a fortune at Liverpool like you say, left a hero because of winning the champions league in his first season but left after finishing 7th in his final season. Couldn't justify that sort of spend.
He then got the chequebook again and dismantled mourinho's Inter team, got sacked.
He took a Napoli team who'd won the league out of the champions league places, again after spending a fortune.

He did well in the few months at Chelsea winning the FA Cup and uefa cup but was only an interim manager, so left without splashing the cash which it's absolutely clear Benitez loves to do.
Will be an interesting summer when he locks horns with fat Ashley. I know who I'd back to win that one...
 
££££ It's the reason why he left Valencia after working wonders at the turn of the millennium, not getting enough money to spend.
He spent a fortune at Liverpool like you say, left a hero because of winning the champions league in his first season but left after finishing 7th in his final season. Couldn't justify that sort of spend.
He then got the chequebook again and dismantled mourinho's Inter team, got sacked.
He took a Napoli team who'd won the league out of the champions league places, again after spending a fortune.

He did well in the few months at Chelsea winning the FA Cup and uefa cup but was only an interim manager, so left without splashing the cash which it's absolutely clear Benitez loves to do.
Will be an interesting summer when he locks horns with fat Ashley. I know who I'd back to win that one...
He's won trophies pretty much everywhere and
£5 million on a 33-year old Daryl Murphy :cool:
£3 million
 
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