Benitez gives £96000 to Hillsborough families

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/benitez-gives-16396000-to-hillsborough-families-1997094.html

As Internazionale announced his appointment as their manager, a visibly emotional Rafael Benitez was meeting families of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster, to whom he donated £96,000.

Benitez had let it be known at the weekend that he wanted to make a donation to the Hillsborough Family Support Group (HFSG) but the size of his contribution took members by surprise when he arrived and handed them a cheque yesterday. Benitez appeared at the group's offices in Lower Breck Road in the city at around midday, clearly emotional as he hugged members of its committee. Though he had asked for no publicity, the group wanted to let the size of his donation be known last night in the knowledge that fans would want it that way. The meeting lasted around 15 minutes and ended with Benitez asking to be kept in touch with developments in the HFSG's ongoing campaign to to establish the truth about the events of 15 April, 1989.

While some had expected Benitez to be present in Milan this week, his decision to be in Liverpool instead reflects his undeniable affinity with the city. It also puts into some perspective the cynicism from some quarters that has greeted his departure from Merseyside with a £6m pay off and his arrival at San Siro on a two-year contract. Benitez spoke often, during his six year career at Liverpool, of the lasting impression that the annual Hillsborough memorial service had made on him. "You can see the people and all the feelings," he said in April.

As Benitez prepared to take leave of the city, Inter announced his appointment without ceremony. "Inter welcome Rafael Benitez," the club said in a statement, adding that the coach would hold a news conference on Tuesday.

Inter are said to have made the first steps in convincing Javier Mascherano to follow Benitez to Italy, with suggestions that officials from the European champions made contact with the midfielder's representatives on Wednesday. There is also an incentive to move for Valencia's David Silva with urgency because Manchester City have opened talks for the Spain international. Reports in Italy suggest that Dirk Kuyt is another in Inter's sights.

Good man...someone in football who deserves a bit of respect...still a wank manager like

WANK ?

He's the manager of a club who won the Italian Cup Italian League & Champions League last season can't be that wank

A very nice Gesture...good on him for that..

NIGHTMARE wrote:WANK ?

He's the manager of a club who won the Italian Cup Italian League & Champions League last season can't be that wank

How much of that was down to him though?

NIGHTMARE wrote:WANK ?

He's the manager of a club who won the Italian Cup Italian League & Champions League last season can't be that wank

I must have missed that, when did Benitez do that ?
Wonder if the families of the Heysel tragedy will get owt ?

Thats not the point the point is out of all the managers in the world the champions of the Italian Cup, Italian League, & Champions League, chose him to be there new manager

Just wait to see how he does next year

With the money he spent at Liverpool they sure as fook should be doing a bit better than they are

• Josemi £2m - (failure)
• Antonio Nunez - Makeweight in Michael
Owen
sale - (failure)
• Luis Garcia - £6m (success)
• Xabi Alonso -
£10.7m (success)
• Peter Crouch - £7m (success)
• Momo Sissoko -
£5.3m
(success)
• Sebastian Leto - £1.85m (failure)
• Gabriel
Palletta
- £2m (failure)
• Bolo Zenden free (failure)
• Pepe
Reina -
£6m (success)
• Fernando Morientes - £8m (failure)
•
Daniel
Agger - £5.8m (success)
• Robbie Fowler free (failure)
•
Craig
Bellamy - £6.5m (failure)
• Dirk Kuyt - £10m (success)
•
Jermaine
Pennant - £6.7m (failure)
• Mark Gonzalez - £1.5m (failure)
•
Fabio Aurelio free (success)
• Javier Mascherano - £17m (success)
•
Fernando Torres - £22m (success)
• Alvero Arbeloa £2m (success)
•
Ryan Babel - £11.5m (failure)
• Yossi Benayoun - £5m (success)
•
Scott
Carson - £750,000 (failure)
• Lucas Leiva - £6m (failure)
•
Andriy
Voronin free (failure)
• Diego Cavalieri - £3m (?)
• David

Ngog - £1.5m (?)
• Robbie Keane - £20.3m (failure)
• Andrea
Dossena
- £7m (failure)
• Philipp Degen free (failure)
• Martin
Skrtel
£6.5m - (success)
• Albert Riera £8m (failure)
• Glen
Johnson
- £18m (?)
• Alberto Aquilani - £20m (? - inclusive of all
add-ons)
•
Sotirios Kyrgiakos - £1.5m (?)

Total spend -
£229.65m (not
including signing on fees)

NIGHTMARE wrote:Thats not the point the point is out of all the managers in the world the champions of the Italian Cup, Italian League, & Champions League, chose him to be there new manager

My point is I don't personally rate him, if they do then fine. The fact that the Italian Treble winners have chosen him does not change my opinion. Now if he was to repeat that feat then I would concede the point.

LEEDSLAD/03/01/2010 wrote:Just wait to see how he does next year

With the money he spent at Liverpool they sure as fuck should be doing a bit better than they are

yeah but its not his fault,
the players where sick of getting robbed when away in Europe and got out asap to make sure there houses and wags where safe,

you can't blame rafa for that