Rafa Benitez claimed last night that he had to sell Robbie Keane because the striker was not good enough for Liverpool.
Keane returned to Spurs with his new manager Harry Redknapp complaining he had not been given a fair chance by Liverpool in his six-month stay.
But Benitez said: "I think Robbie played a lot of games here and for a lot of reasons together, he was not playing at the level he can.
"Of course we know he is a very good player, but you can put a lot of things together to explain why he didn't do as well as we thought. Waiting and delaying the decision could have made it worse in the summer for him and for us.
"We didn't want to sell, but then in the last day we decided it could be good for the player and good for us.
"The player is a good player, a good professional and wasn't playing at the level he can. At his age it could have been worse if he continued without performing.
"Sometimes the teammates, the tactics, the understanding with everyone, the other teams, and not settling down in the other city, it could be a lot of things together.
"He started 20-odd games and in the end we had to come to a decision."
Keane returned to Spurs with his new manager Harry Redknapp complaining he had not been given a fair chance by Liverpool in his six-month stay.
But Benitez said: "I think Robbie played a lot of games here and for a lot of reasons together, he was not playing at the level he can.
"Of course we know he is a very good player, but you can put a lot of things together to explain why he didn't do as well as we thought. Waiting and delaying the decision could have made it worse in the summer for him and for us.
"We didn't want to sell, but then in the last day we decided it could be good for the player and good for us.
"The player is a good player, a good professional and wasn't playing at the level he can. At his age it could have been worse if he continued without performing.
"Sometimes the teammates, the tactics, the understanding with everyone, the other teams, and not settling down in the other city, it could be a lot of things together.
"He started 20-odd games and in the end we had to come to a decision."
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