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he's not comingLiverpool manager Rafa Benitez remains a target for Juventus, who are prepared to offer the Spaniard a €3 million (£2.6m) annual salary in order to tempt him to Italy, according to a report from The Independent.
Benitez reportedly earns £4.6m a year gross at Anfield, but Juve apparently feel that they can use the Italian tax system to their advantage and pay the tax on Benitez's proposed salary themselves.
That would mean that the Spaniard's net earnings would be higher than they are at Liverpool.
One potential stumbling block to any deal reportedly remains the high number of coaching staff Benitez might want to take with him to Juve.
However, the Serie A side are believed to have been assured that Benitez would only want to bring two of his sizeable Anfield staff with him in the shape of Mauricio Pellegrino and his goalkeeping coach Xavi Valero.
He would also apparently accept an Italian assistant manager, a matter of principle to the club.
Benitez's agent has not distanced his client from the speculation, which is viewed in some quarters as a means by which the Spaniard can reinforce his position at Anfield, where his future as Liverpool boss is likely to be reviewed in the summer.
Benitez reportedly earns £4.6m a year gross at Anfield, but Juve apparently feel that they can use the Italian tax system to their advantage and pay the tax on Benitez's proposed salary themselves.
That would mean that the Spaniard's net earnings would be higher than they are at Liverpool.
One potential stumbling block to any deal reportedly remains the high number of coaching staff Benitez might want to take with him to Juve.
However, the Serie A side are believed to have been assured that Benitez would only want to bring two of his sizeable Anfield staff with him in the shape of Mauricio Pellegrino and his goalkeeping coach Xavi Valero.
He would also apparently accept an Italian assistant manager, a matter of principle to the club.
Benitez's agent has not distanced his client from the speculation, which is viewed in some quarters as a means by which the Spaniard can reinforce his position at Anfield, where his future as Liverpool boss is likely to be reviewed in the summer.
Benitez ‘guarantees’ early Champions League exit next season
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has dismissed speculation that Liverpool will fail to finish fourth in the Premiership and thus earn the right to crash out of the Champions League next October. The Spaniard said that he is 100% confident that the club can match or even exceed this season’s level of humdrum mediocrity next year.
‘Now that we are out of the FA Cup, we can focus on being slightly less rubbish than Aston Villa for the rest of the season,’ Benitez said. ‘In fact, with the new players I plan to bring in, there is every possiblity that we can actually pip some Slovakian part-timers to third in our Champions League pool next year and bumble into the quarter finals of the Europa League instead.’
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has dismissed speculation that Liverpool will fail to finish fourth in the Premiership and thus earn the right to crash out of the Champions League next October. The Spaniard said that he is 100% confident that the club can match or even exceed this season’s level of humdrum mediocrity next year.
‘Now that we are out of the FA Cup, we can focus on being slightly less rubbish than Aston Villa for the rest of the season,’ Benitez said. ‘In fact, with the new players I plan to bring in, there is every possiblity that we can actually pip some Slovakian part-timers to third in our Champions League pool next year and bumble into the quarter finals of the Europa League instead.’
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It does look better from time to time, but there were plenty of games ( the majority ) where there were just no ideas of how to even get close to the opponent's goal. Most games we won, or did ok, were mainly because of the players performing rather than tactical brilliance on Ciro's part I'm afraid. But yea, confidence is at an all-time low aswell.
Quite the deadly combination.
Quite the deadly combination.
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