“Now all we can do is our best to make sure the mentality and the passion is always the same. That is the key to making sure the club stays at a good level, the level Bill Shankly wanted it to be at.”
Benitez adds: “I didn’t really know much about him before I came but I started reading books about him and made sure that I spoke with a lot of people. I kept reading all those little phrases and sentences.
“But I also listened to an old radio interview he did , over and over again when I was at home or when I was in my car.
“I struggled at first with the accent but once it all became clear, I was really impressed with his ideas.
“He was so ahead of his time. He was talking about training sessions and if it had been raining and the players were wet, he would tell them to be careful and he would look after them, make sure they recovered properly and ate the right food.”
