Kenny the man for Reds, says Rafa

Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has backed Kop legend Kenny Dalglish to take the reins at Anfield. Benitez was presented as new coach of Inter Milan on Tuesday after he left Liverpool earlier in the month.The 50-year-old Spaniard endured a torrid campaign with the Premier League side last season, but left the club on good terms having guided them to Champions League glory in 2005.Liverpool are now in the hunt for a new manager, and the names in the frame include Fulham's Roy Hodgson, Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill and Dutch tactician Frank Rijkaard.But Benitez is backing Dalglish, who is currently involved with the youth academy and is a club ambassador, to be the next man at the helm."I think Liverpool should look at Kenny Dalglish," he said in The Sun."He is the man for the job. The owners should listen to the fans because they are unhappy. "No one knows the club better than Dalglish and he would be perfect there. "He wants the job and in my opinion he should get it."On his own departure, Benitez added: "It was very difficult for me to leave Liverpool. I was there for six years and my daughter is seven, she grew up there. It's a big, big club but the situation has changed. "Inter is a good opportunity for me. Yes, it was hard to leave Liverpool and I was sad to go."It was not easy - the fans, the Kop, have been fantastic. "I needed to move. Inter is a massive club. This is a perfect opportunity for me and I am pleased to be here. "Before I left I spoke with 95 per cent of the Liverpool players. The majority said 'thank you for everything'. "I spoke with Steven Gerrard on his birthday and he was fine. He wished me well and now he is focusing on the World Cup. "The relationship with the players was good, with the fans it was fantastic. It was a sad day when I left but I had to do it."Benitez has a tough task to follow as Inter last season clinched a remarkable treble under the stewardship of Jose Mourinho.Mourinho has now moved on to Real Madrid, but Benitez insists he is not concerned by the legacy left by the Portuguese coach."He did a good job here. I am not anti-Mourinho," he said."I like to win and I like to play good football so I don't think we are anything different. "I am not going to change anything because that would not be very clever. I haven't spoken with Mourinho because I have been very busy here and so is he. "Maybe I will talk when we are not so busy."

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