'Absolutely furious': Former Liverpool player claims he had 'no respect' for Rafael Benitez

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Rafa Benitez was adored by Liverpool fans for the success he brought during his six-year spell as manager — not so much by former Red Stephen Warnock. He discussed the events on the All Out Football podcast with Joleon Lescott: “I got a phone call not even from Rafa but Pako Ayesteran, who is his assistant who’s now at Villa, who I get on really well with because at least he had the b——- to ring me.

And he went ‘we’ve made a mistake on the squad list uh you’re not in the squad.’“I was like, ‘Are you serious?’, and again, no explanation and I remember getting out of the final watching it and just being like, ‘I don’t want to be here.'”It was even worse than it sounds, with Warnock flying separate from the squad and attending the game as a fan. He explains: “I had no respect for the guy at all.

Whenever he spoke, I was just like, yeah, not looking. Not even interested.” Warnock had already begun contact with his agent about leaving Anfield, and he moved to Blackburn Rovers a year later.