Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez has reflected back on his time as Inter coach, revealing that the club broke promises regarding who he could sign.
The Spaniard had a short-lived spell in Milan with the Nerazzurri in 2010, before returning to Italy to coach Napoli from 2013 to 2015, and has now spilled some information regarding his stay at the two sides.
“At Inter, I was promised Javier Mascherano, Dirk Kuyt, and Patrice Evra,” he told Radio Onda Cero.
“But in the end, they bought me none of them.”
The name of Argentine Mascherano was to pop up again three years later when he joined Napoli after leaving his post at Chelsea, as he reveals.
“When I was at Napoli, we were close to signing Mascherano.”
Benitez also told of how current Partenopei star Marek Hamsik was the subject of keen interest under his leadership.
“When I was there clubs wanted to buy Hamsik, but he was not for sale.”
