It’s not the first time that Rafa Benitez has gone to the press to air his opinions, but the claims that Gareth Barry took the money over the right decision for his career might be not be the best idea…..

Via Guardian

The Liverpool manager remains livid with Barry for favouring City’s ambitions above Champions League football at Anfield, having spent 12 months attempting to lure the England international from Aston Villa. Benítez was caught cold by Barry’s £12m move to City as soon as the transfer window reopened last month and, despite the midfielder’s protestations that he wanted to avoid a repeat of last year’s saga with Liverpool, believes the decision was based entirely on the offer of £130,000 a week. City’s package is at least £30,000 a week more than Barry would have earned at Anfield and, Benítez argued, tempted the former Villa captain to make the wrong career move.

“Maybe it’s just me but in this market, the top level, I don’t think money is the most important thing,” the Liverpool manager said. “At this level everyone earns big money. The question is do you make the right decisions and do what is best for your career? If it’s just for money sometimes you will make mistakes and I’ve been surprised by some decisions this summer – like Barry. I won’t say too much but it was clearly 100% for money. The most important thing for me, though, is the passion of the players.”

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