Chamapions Inter Milan travel to Bologna for their first match and new manager Rafael Benitez told the Italian press:We have to be prepared for every appoinntment that the list throws at us and start the season in the best possible way. I think the...

He added: He has done very well in our workouts. He is young, but important for us. We are very happy with him, he is the player who has impressed me the most.

It expect to stay here for many years, because it means we would be winning, Benitez said to the Inter Channel. This [management] is much harder than playing. The best thing to be in football is a player and then second to that is a...

It expect to stay here for many years, because it means we would be winning, he said to Inter Channel. This is harder than playing. The best thing to be in football is a player and then a journalist. I think that to win, for the players,...

We will wait and see what happens, said Benitez to Gazzetta dello Sport. We will not act instinctively or be rushed. The club decides the transfer market and I will adapt to it. A player is not a team and Inter has strong players.

We will wait and see what happens, Benitez told Gazzetta dello Sport. We will not act instinctively or be rushed. The club decides the transfer market and I will adapt to it.

Balotelli? Lets wait and see what happens, Benitez said. The fact remains that one player doesn't make a team and Inter have plenty of strong players.

Benitez told Tuesday's Gazzetta dello Sport that we are not yet a complete team, but the players show that they are intelligent and can do what I ask.

Balotelli? Let's wait and see what happens. The club decides the transfer market and I adapt. The fact remains that one player doesn't make the team, and Inter have plenty of strong players, Benitez told La Gazzetta dello Sport. I have...

The club takes care of the market and I will adjust, said Benitez. One player does not make a team and Inter have many strong players.

I understand that this team still wants to learn, Benitez told Tuesday's Gazzetta dello Sport. We are not yet a complete team, but the players show that they are intelligent and can do what I ask.

Our objective is to give them a chance, Benitez said. Everyone talks about the need to give young players a chance, but then they just want to win and no one has the courage to wait.

I would like us to play better, with the team further up the pitch and able to hold on to the ball for longer, Benitez said.

He has many qualities, we're expecting him to do well straightaway, said Ben?tez. He can be the future of Inter.

Coach Rafael Benitez said the Brazilian is the future of Inter as he unveiled him on Monday, and he will be hoping his predicition is right based on what the player has promised.

Earlier this week, Rafael Ben?tez, the new Internazionale manager after Mourinho's move to Real Madrid, said: At this point, these players are Inter players and I am happy with them because both are quality players.

Earlier this week, new Inter boss Rafael Benitez said: At this point, these players [Maicon and Balotelli] are Inter players and I am happy with them because both are quality players.

Earlier this week, new Inter boss Rafael Benitez said: At this point, these players are Inter players and I am happy with them because both are quality players.

Benitez said that while some players are always quality, with Balotelli I need to assess his mentality and personality.

He feels he can lead the club to further success in the coming years: We are here to do the thing that everyone wants to do, which is to triumph with a winning club like this one, Benitez said. We have the same mentality of last season and...

At this point these players are Inter players and I am happy with them because both are quality players, Benitez told Sky Sport Italia after a 90-minute training session on Tuesday afternoon. Our mentality here is to win and for now our...

On Monday coach Rafael Benitez said Balotelli is an important player when asked about his future, yet the youngster didn't make the best impression to his new boss as he was late for his first Inter training session, according to La Gazzetta...

On Monday coach Rafael Benitez said Balotelli is an important player when asked about his future.

I want to speak to him and get to know him better as a person, said Ben?tez. All the quality players are important to me.

The 50-year-old Benitez said yesterday that his only concern is to focus on the players while president Massimo Moratti and sporting director Marco Branca look after off-field matters.

This team, the club and the fans have a strong mentality just like Liverpool has, said Benitez. We also fought against everyone and everyone wants to beat us. I have spoken to the club president and he wants to win.He doesn't want to wait,...

The 50-year-old Benitez said Monday that his only concern is to focus on the players, while president Massimo Moratti and sporting director Marco Branca look after off-field matters.

We have the same mentality as last season and we want to work together and win from the first day, Benitez said.

In England I was a manager and here I am a coach, Benitez said Monday.

We are here to do the thing that everyone wants to do, which is to triumph with a winning club like this one, he said. We have the same mentality of last season and we want to work together and win from the first day. This is a new project...

He said: I want to speak to him (Balotelli) and get to know him better as a person. All the quality players are important to me. But I need to see him, get to know him and see how he works.

We are here to do the thing that everyone wants to do, which is to triumph with a winning club like this one, said Benitez. We have the same mentality of last season and we want to work together and win from the first day. This is a new...

I want to speak to him (Balotelli) and get to know him better as a person, he said. All the quality players are important to me. But I need to see him, get to know him and see how he works.

The style of the Spain national team is based on ball possession and quality players and it will be good if we can imitate them, Benitez, who worked with Spain coach Vincente Del Bosque at Real Madrid's youth academy, told reporters....

In England I was a manager. Here I am a coach, Benitez said, although he added that Inter's existing Argentine ball winner Esteban Cambiasso could play with anyone, including Mascherano.

Benitez said: I want to speak to him [Balotelli] and get to know him better as a person. All the quality players are important to me. But I need to see him, get to know him and see how he works.

He said: We are here to do the thing that everyone wants to do, which is to triumph with a winning club like this one. We have the same mentality of last season and we want to work together and win from the first day. This is a new project with a...

This team, the club and the fans have a strong mentality just like Liverpool has, said Benitez. We also fought against everyone and everyone wants to beat us. I have spoken to the club president (Massimo Moratti) and he wants to win. He...

This is a new project with a new coach, with a club that wants to achieve the same things as last season. I have spoken to (Inter captain Javier) Zanetti, (Samuel) Eto'o and (Diego) Milito, and they all want to win, he said.

It depends on how the market goes, if someone leaves, we'll need reinforcements, Benitez said. At the moment everyone is with us and if they all stay, we'll be happy

The style of the Spain national team is based on ball possession and quality players and it will be good if we can imitate them, Benitez said. Italian football is tactically good, intelligent football and if we can combine the two styles,...

Ben?tez spoke again about the display last December when it was the fiftieth anniversary of Shankly's arrival at Anfield (Rafael Ben?tez vows to uphold the spirit of Bill Shankly).

When quizzed on formations and whether he would stick with the tried and tested 4-2-3-1 Benitez replied: The team is the most important thing. Changing everything wouldn't be intelligent. If something worked well, we can continue with it.

Benitez said, In all my time at Liverpool this was one of the stories that affected me most. To think this lovely little boy was taken from his family in such awful circumstances is heart-breaking.

This year everything changed from the beginning, said Benitez, whose six-year reign ended earlier this month. The people in the club changed and then the approach was different. Clearly there was the question of controlling the money we...

Last season the people in the club changed and then the approach was different, said Benitez, now at Serie A and Champions League winners Internazionale.

Rafa, who is now in charge of Inter Milan, said: In all my time at Liverpool this is one of the stories that affected me most. To think that this lovely little boy was taken from his family in such awful circumstances is heart-breaking.

New Inter Milan coach Benitez said: Last season, the people in the club changed and then the approach was different. Clearly, there was the question of controlling the money we could or couldn't spend and everything was different to in the past....

It was really sad, Benitez said. I was on holiday so it was a surprise that everything was going on in this way, but at the end of the day it has to be like this because Christian Purslow is now in charge and he decided to do it in this...

I was on holiday so it was a surprise that everything was going on in this way, said Benitez. But it has to be like because Christian Purslow is in charge and he decided to do it in this way. People in the club changed and everything was...

I was on holiday so it was a surprise that everything was going on in this way, but at the end of the day it has to be like this because Christian Purslow is now in charge and he decided to do it in this way. That is it, Benitez told Radio...

It was really sad, he told Radio City. I was on holiday so it was a surprise that everything was going on in this way, but at the end of the day it has to be like this because Christian Purslow is now in charge and he decided to do it in...

He added: I can guarantee one thing - I will not sell my house. It is our home and we will come back. I don't know when but we will come back for sure.

This year everything changed from the beginning, Benitez said. The people in the club changed and then the approach was different. Clearly there was the question of controlling the money we could or couldn't spend. From the beginning of...

I can guarantee one thing, he told the Liverpool Daily Post. I will not sell my house. It is our home here. We will come back. I don't know when, but we will come back for sure.

Mrs Benitez said: I was very close to my granny who had dementia for ten years until she died. She had a nurse at home, but not everyone is so lucky which is why I wanted to help Hoylake Cottage. I will keep in touch with all the progress and...

Rafa said today: I am doing this on behalf of the people who cannot. I know every person in Merseyside would have loved to give the fund a donation, but they are in hard times and cannot find the extra cash. In all my time at Liverpool, this was...

Montse said: I was very close to my granny, who had dementia for 10 years until she died. She had a nurse at home, but not everyone is so lucky, which is why I wanted to help Hoylake Cottage. I will keep in touch with all the progress and hopefully...

Montse Benitez said: I was very close to my granny who had dementia for 10 years until she died. She had a nurse at home, but not everyone is so lucky which is why I wanted to help Hoylake Cottage. I will keep in touch with all the progress and...

Benitez said: I am doing this on behalf of the people that cannot. I know that every person on Merseyside would have loved to give the Fund a donation but they are in hard times and can't find the extra cash.