Montse Benitez

[Flight]

She's boss.

 

 

 

 

 

You have to know that Montse is the perfect woman for Rafa Benitez - because she has the same wit Rafa displayed quite often during his Anfield tenure.

And she clearly loves to have a dig at Jose Mourinho.

She has told Spanish press that her husband is clearing up Mourinho's messes after joining Chelsea and Real Madrid after Mourinho's departure.

"We tidy up his messes," she joked, speaking to La Region. "If you think about it, of course you end up crossing paths. There are only a few world-class clubs out there."

Montse also revealed that Rafa is a hopeless romantic.

He's totally in love with football.

"On our first date, Rafa explained to me what a 4-4-2 was. He finds it hard to stay away from the game," she said. "The year we spent at home he helped coach the local school team. It was hilarious. He stood on the sidelines and shouted at them as if they were first division players, waving his arms about. He doesn't see football as work, it's his passion.

"It was hard to see each other over the winter in Napoli. There were no direct flights and it was complicated. Things will be much easier now in Madrid."

 

 

 

 

Wonder how many of the local school team put in for a transfer

Edited July 28, 2015 by Flight

[guernseygareth]

Class act, the pair of them. Wish he'd stop working for scumbag football clubs though. Be great to see him back at our club at some point in the future.

[Benitez]

Even with Rafa going back to Madrid, they continue to live on the Wirral.

[muleskinner]

Even with Rafa going back to Madrid, they continue to live on the Wirral.

his kids don't know anywhere else as home, it was a big reason why he stuck with us at other times when Madrid wanted him.

[ali]

Rafa's wife talks Rafa "We tidy up Mourinho's messes"

 

Behind every great man, there is a great woman.

Things are no different for Rafa Benítez. The lady in question is his wife, Monserrat Seara, a law professor from Ourense (Galicia). In an interview with newspaper 'La Región', she spilled the beans on what it has been like to be married to the new Real Madrid boss for over 20 years.

He only thinks about football: "On our first date, Rafa explained to me what a 4-4-2 was. He finds it hard to stay away from the game. The year we spent at home he helped coach the local school team. It was hilarious. He stood on the sidelines and shouted at them as if they were first division players, waving his harms about. He doesn't see football as work, it's his passion".

On Rafa and his line-ups: "Even I don't know them. Sometimes I ask him, who's going to play? He says he doesn't know yet. They criticised him at Liverpool for constantly tweaking his starting XI. I thought his two best friends in England were going to kill him".

On his Napoli departure: Benítez cited "personal reasons" for leaving Napoli, and his wife corroborated his story. "It was hard to see each other over the winter in Napoli. There were no direct flights and it was complicated. Things will be much easier now in Madrid".

On her life as Benítez's wife: "I gave up things I enjoyed, but I gained others in terms of freedom and being able to help others. We do lots of things with disadvantaged kids in Liverpool".

She has ruled out relocating to Madrid: "Our daughters have their lives in Liverpool, their studies, their friends... They would lose that in the chaos of Madrid".

Mourinho and fate: "Real Madrid are the third of José Mourinho's old teams Rafa has coached. "We tidy up his messes", she joked. "If you think about it, of course you end up crossing paths. There are only a few world-class clubs out there".

Is he counting down to retirement?: "I don't know if he'll ever retire. All being well, he has 20 years of football left".

Real Madrid: "We tidy up Mourinho's messes" - MARCA.com (English version)

Edited July 28, 2015 by ali

[Flight]

 

 

On her life as Benítez's wife: "I gave up things I enjoyed, but I gained others in terms of freedom and being able to help others. We do lots of things with disadvantaged kids in Liverpool".

 

 

 

 

They do loads for local charities.

[The Hitman]

And the response from a complete and utter gobsh*te with no sense of humour.

 

Get f*cked Mourinho. It was a joke.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/28/jose-mourinho-rafa-benitez-inter

[madaboutlfc]

Mourinho getting trolled by montse. The guy is insecure to say the least

[whitewidow]

for someone so successful he is incredibly small time

[Gerrardrules]

He's a prick.

[Beardsley]

What an insecure vermin that man is.

[Swipe]

Horrible comeback, that. He's a right c*** to anyone that gets under his skin. Same with Wenger.

[The Hitman]

His comment about Arsenal trying to buy the title is especially laughable.

[Cobs]

he jabs at Wenger/Arsenal all the time

 

quite funny that a jokey little quip from Montse has so easily got under his skin

 

 

lost the mind gamez battle there, 1-0 to Montse.

[matty]

He's pathetic. Slimy, weaselly little c***.

[Flight]

Rafa Benitez - Chelseas most successful manager in Europe.

[Cobs]

Rafa Benitez - Chelseas most successful manager in Europe.

 

not Di Matteo ?

[Ed the Wool]

 

not Di Matteo ?

That makes him the 3rd most successful. Even better!

[PhilM]

Jose's Rant?

[Benitez]

Maurenho really is a strange little man.

[Bootser]

Small time Shiite

[muleskinner]

He was never going to keep his trap shut over this, file it with his voyeur bile.

[Earl Hafler]

Horrible comeback, that. He's a right c*** to anyone that gets under his skin.

 

Same with Ferguson - won everything in the game and yet he's a bitter t***.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Guardian has a 'thing' with this re he's overstepped the mark again

[The Hitman]

Same with the Telegraph.