He left for the cash, not because he couldn't take Newcastle any further imo. And I think Benitez constantly used his god like status with the fans there, against the club.
He left for the cash, not because he couldn't take Newcastle any further imo. And I think Benitez constantly used his god like status with the fans there, against the club.
He left for the cash, not because he couldn't take Newcastle any further imo. And I think Benitez constantly used his god like status with the fans there, against the club.
He left because Newcastle wouldn't provide significant investment for the team, if it was for money he would have left them ages ago.
Here is a list of the Newcastle United Managers who have managed 200 or more Premier League matches in their career, for NUFC and other clubs.
The table shows total number of Premier League games managed, average points per PL game, then the average goals for and against in the Premier League:
Like I said "a bit"
But why go to China? Surely he's still good enough, for a top European job?
Disagree. He obviously went to China (as opposed to elsewhere) for the cash, there's not denying that, but he didn't leave Newcastle specifically because he wanted to go to China. He left because it was obvious that Ashley wasn't prepared to invest so he knew there was nothing he could do to progress the team any more so it was just a waste of time. He didn't leave because he had his head turned by China, that's nonsense. If Ashley had been prepared to buy into his project or the new owners had come in and done the same, then he wouldn't have left.
But why go to China? Surely he's still good enough, for a top European job?
He'll still get them relegated, no matter what spin is put on it.Yeah, but Rafa managed teams with significantly better resources than Bruce, so that's a bit of a misleading table.
240+ of the games shown up there were in charge of Chelsea & Liverpool.
Bruce - his PL record is with Birmingham, Wigan & Sunderland.
I doubt you'd get great odds on that
Ok, I thought Rafa's 'achievements' at Newcastle had been blown out of proportion, but I do feel sorry for the Geordies going from a top level European coach, to Steve fucking Bruce.