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'We had no money' - Rafa Benitez pinpoints who was really to blame for Liverpool exit

Rafa Benitez Jurgen Klopp Real Madrid Christian Purslow Cody Gakpo George Gillett Tom Hicks UEFA Champions League Liverpool EPL

Rafa Benitez has blamed former Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett for his Anfield exit in 2010.

The Spaniard took over as Reds manager in 2004, and famously won the Champions League in his first season on Merseyside before lifting the FA Cup the following year. And while he'd lead Liverpool to another European Cup final in 2007 and challenged for the title in 2008/09, a poor 2009/10 campaign saw him leave the club by mutual consent.

Hicks and Gillett bought the club from David Moores in March 2007, and were responsible for signing the likes of then club-record signing Fernando Torres the following summer. But their Anfield reign nearly led Liverpool into financial ruin, before FSG took over in October 2010.

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