Rafael Benitez's latest boring, self-important whine about his new contract demands has actually revealed something interesting.
The Liverpool manager, who seems determined to take charge of everything from the tea rota to the financial accounts at Anfield, claims he has up to 12 assistants whose deals are all tied to his.
The fact that he has so many people to do the donkey work at Anfield is a little startling in itself.
When Jose Mourinho left Chelsea he took his trusted lieutenants with him, and there were only four of them.
Arsene Wenger at Arsenal and Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United have big backroom staffs but most of them are tied to the club rather than the future of the manager.
Benitez is different, and don't we know it. He seems to have created a mini-managerial republic at Liverpool which would leave the club without any continuity and hardly any staff if he ever were to leave.
But it is all about the club, isn't it Rafa - even if he has now gone on record as saying that being Real Madrid manager would be the crowning glory of anyone's career.
The Liverpool manager, who seems determined to take charge of everything from the tea rota to the financial accounts at Anfield, claims he has up to 12 assistants whose deals are all tied to his.
The fact that he has so many people to do the donkey work at Anfield is a little startling in itself.
When Jose Mourinho left Chelsea he took his trusted lieutenants with him, and there were only four of them.
Arsene Wenger at Arsenal and Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United have big backroom staffs but most of them are tied to the club rather than the future of the manager.
Benitez is different, and don't we know it. He seems to have created a mini-managerial republic at Liverpool which would leave the club without any continuity and hardly any staff if he ever were to leave.
But it is all about the club, isn't it Rafa - even if he has now gone on record as saying that being Real Madrid manager would be the crowning glory of anyone's career.
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