Sunday, September 07, 2008

Rafa: Money Means Pressure For Bosses

Rafa Benitez fears that the latest influx of cash into the Premier League will pile more and more pressure on to managers.

The Liverpool manager fears that rich owners such as ADUG, the Abu Dhabi consortium who bought Manchester City last week, will skew the Premier League, and that they will become more and more impatient for success.

He said in The Guardian:

"If the owners of the clubs keep on spending big, big money, then they will want more and more success. But how many teams can win the title? Just one.

"So the rest of the teams who spend big money, the owners will realise they haven't won, so it could be more pressure and more problems for everyone.

"City will start the season under pressure from the first minute, but everyone knows you can't win every game. It will be a problem because four or five teams will spend big money, and only one can win.

"As a manager, you have to analyse things properly, because you aren't a fan. You can't just say what people want to hear.

"The Premier League is becoming more and more difficult because so many people are spending money.

"For us to qualify for the Champions League for five years in a row is important for a club of our stature. We want to win trophies, and to win the Premier League would be amazing. But it's not easy."

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