Rafa Benitez will always be fondly remembered at Liverpool, having helped build one of their greatest sides of the Premier League era and writing his name in folklore thanks to the Champions League triumph of 2005.
And ‘Rafa the Gaffer’ made a significant number of transfers during his six years at Anfield – although not all of them can be considered successful.
We’ve ranked the 44 players he signed for Liverpool, excluding players who were signed to play in the Reds’ academy. We can only apologise to Krisztian Nemeth and Andras Simon.
44. Charles Itandje
Seven appearances in cup competitions as a backup goalkeeper is actually better than some others on this list, but acting like a prick during the memorial service for the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster means Itandje is well-deserving of his place at the bottom of the pile.
43. Antonio Barragan
Barragan made just one appearance for Liverpool, which made him the youngest ever foreigner to play for the Reds. That’s quite nice, innit?
42. Sebastian Leto
Despite making two appearances in both the League Cup and Champions League, work permit problems prevented Leto from playing in the Premier League, yet Liverpool still managed to make a profit on the forward, because that’s what they do.
41. Philipp Degen
Degen played just two senior games in his first season at Anfield. In the first, a League Cup clash with Crewe, he broke two ribs and punctured his lung. In the second, he suffered a broken metatarsal and was quoted as saying: “I keep asking myself if I did something wrong in a past life.”
We actually feel quite sorry for him.
40. Gabriel Paletta
We really like Paletta if only because he has the name of a very classy defender (see also: Insua, Emiliano).
Sadly, Paletta was never very much of a classy defender in his eight appearances for Liverpool, although he later played for Milan, which only adds to our suspicions.
39. Mauricio Pellegrino
It says everything you need to know…
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