標題: BOSS CONFIRMS PELLEGRINO APPOINTMENT [打印本頁] 作者: adtz 時間: 2008-6-30 07:54 PM 標題: BOSS CONFIRMS PELLEGRINO APPOINTMENT
Mauricio Pellegrino is set to return to the club as first-team coach, Rafa Benitez today confirmed.
The Argentine defender, who played 12 games for the Reds under Benitez in 2005, will become the second high-profile addition to the backroom team following the arrival of Sammy Lee earlier in the summer.
Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv the 36-year-old had much to offer.
"His role will be first-team coach, and he'll also carry out specialist training sessions," said the boss.
"He can also work specifically with the defence, and also the reserves.
"Pellegrino has a winning mentality. He won the Intercontinental Cup before going to Spain with Barcelona and Valencia.
"He has a lot of passion. When I asked him to come he was very pleased, but first he wanted to find out if there was a school where his three children could play good football. He is a football man."
Pellegrino had been coaching Valencia's youth team.
