The day Benitez compared Mascherano with Claudia Schiffer
Posted Friday, October 09, 2015 by Marca.com
Javier Mascherano and Rafa Benitez have been friends since they worked together at Liverpool. The Argentine has revealed how the Real Madrid boss took him "from the pits of despair" to the top of his game. They flourished together as coach and player in the Premier League and when Benítez joined Napoli the Argentine's name came up as a possible transfer target for the Serie A club.
During an informal event with Napoli fans, Benítez was asked if there was any chance of signing Mascherano and, if so, how negotiations were going. The coach refused to comment so they asked him again: "Are we going to sign him or not gaffer?"
Benitez, a huge fan of using examples and stories to explain things, resorted to the strangest analogy to respond. He stepped down off the stage, picked out a fan from the audience and asked him if he had a wife. When the fan answered yes, he asked if he was happily married (he said yes) and whether he would swap his good lady for Claudia Schiffer (without allowing him to respond).
Amongst sniggers from the rest of the audience, the Spaniard explained that he too was happy with his 'wife' (i.e. his players) and that swapping 'her' for a top model (Mascherano in this example) was not down to him, so he could not tell them anything and was just waiting to see what happened in the transfer market.
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