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I don't care about money, whatever.' I was standing at Anfield with Houllier, I didn't know then it was the Kop, but I was standing there, it was a sunny day, I was looking at the green grass, it was sunny, and Houllier said, 'Do you want to play here?' It was another step.

I don't know if that's his style or if it's just because of the language barrier.



He just said it how it is and I think people should respect him for that because the worst thing a player hates is a manager who says something to you just to be nice to you and then he goes behind your back and does something else.

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The first thing Benitez said was, 'Good morning,' blah blah blah, and then, 'I think it's time to go separate ways.' I had to ask him, ‘Come again?’ He said it again and I just realised I'm done, and he said that I'd had an unbelievable career for Liverpool but they're looking at other options.

I don't want to say… no no I was really good at defending, if you say I'm not.

That could really make things mentally tough to handle.

I don't think people realize, and this is what I said many, many times in my life, we are human beings.