Reds gaffer brings on the droll

For years, Alex Ferguson has moved hell and high water to make sure his players don’t get sent out around the globe for menial friendlies. Kettleheaded Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez, however, has chosen an alternative route for expressing his dismay at meaningless games. That’s right, Rafa done got his sarcasm on:

“I am really, really happy that Mascherano must go to Egypt to play a friendly. Things like that you just cannot understand. There is nothing you can do. The rules are the rules and the players must go.”

Javier Mascherano is being sent off to Egypt just four days before the Pool face Everton, and Rafa will undoubtedly want a full strength