Quote Originally Posted by TheBigSausage View Post
I dont get this Benitez walking out or leaving assumption. Yeah he has been ****ed over by Ashley and co but i would be surprised if he walked and having to pay £5 million compensation , which would fund the next manager.
Wouldnt it be better to stay and be sacked and pay nowt. This wouldnt have any negative impact on his standing in the game cos everyone and their dog knows NUFC are ran by fnkcwits .
Even Stevie Wonder on a galloping horse at midnight can see Ashley is forcing the issue and no doubt has a yes man in mind .Rafa allegedly has been told to shut up whinging to the press etc etc so its a matter of time before the knives are out.
Rafa just needs to bide his time for the inevitable bad run and he will be bulletted with a pay off rather than a compen claim.

It seems extraordinary that after a year in the chimps Ashley would gamble on returning quickly. Maybe he is starving Benitez of cash and options to get rid , after all nobody is bigger than the owner (not even rafa) and a new guy will come in with some funds for January.
If i was Rafa i would be thinking "do your worst you fat cokcney w@nker .. sack me or am staying"
Rafa has control of player ins and outs if we go by what's been said.
If Rafa does not have any of that then he can walk when he likes and still be paid up because the club would be in breach of his contract, assuming it was written in, which I'm pretty sure everything would have been when you consider the time it took for him to stay on and sign it.

So what's really gone on?
Is it just a case of players being far too expensive and greedy or is it that the money in the pot and players already here waiting to be shipped out being pooled into a kitty that was left too late?

Rafa is no fool. He must know what he's up against, so he has two options.

1. He can walk away right now and cite that he was effed over and do it with his head held high.

2. He can stay and get on with the job of building a squad that he can be proud of and proving himself to be an astute manager and top coach operating and building on what's available.