Bring Torres back....

He made a huge mistake in going to inter after Mourinho had done one, they had an ageing squad and were in a bad period!

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I think that was ego-driven.

He wanted to show that he could do a better job than Mourinho, and ultimately failed.

Despite two CL finals, An FA Cup and turning a 60 point team about to lose it's only quality striker for a pittance to an 86 point title challenging team, the media never gave him credit and never stopped attacking.

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That is simply not true.

He was never liked by the media, but no more or less than Mancini at City who has a similar relationship with them.

When Liverpool were doing very well under him he got plenty of credit.

He also got plenty of stick when things were going not so well, more stick than others might have done, but it is not that which is stopping him getting a job in England.

It is his own reluctance to take a 'lesser' job.

Competition for managing the big clubs is fierce. Winning some trophies on your CV is not enough, you have to be the right man at the right time.

There is little to suggest Rafa will be the right man for any big club in England in the near future.

agree to completely disagree

I wouldn't be surprised if he's the next manager at Real Madrid

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that would make my day!

I think Rafa wants certain assurances from the owners of any club that comes to him
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i.e "i want at least 300 million to spend and when it goes t*ts up i want another 250 million to spend and when that goes t*ts up i want you to take all the blame"

i.e "i want at least 300 million to spend and when it goes t*ts up i want another 250 million to spend and when that goes t*ts up i want you to take all the blame"

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Sounds like he's after Roman Abramovich's job!

There were as many positives as there were negatives with Rafa. I didn't like some of his tactics and his set pieces were woeful. One major positive is the way he ramped up the youth system. Wisdom, Shelvey, Suso and Sterling were all brought in by Benitez.

As the title says - Bring back Torres.

Yes please.

Shortlight would you seriously have KK back over Brendan?
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FRED.

Yep, I seriously would. KK is by far the better manager. That's not to say BR hasn't the potential to equal him but at the moment that's all it is - potential.