'I tried to get best deals': Benitez names 3 players he really wanted to sign for Liverpool
Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has named Juanfran, Jovetic and Dani Alves as players he tried and failed to sign for Liverpool. “I had to try to get the best deal for my football club,” he said on “I was talking with Real because I knew Real Madrid quite well, and I was talking with a friend of mine, who was a journalist close to the president, to give me information about what they were thinking.