Absolute nonsense that he has no affection for the RS - the scene of his greatest triumph - his name still sung on the kop by the fans.
No affection? Don’t make me laugh.
Massive difference between affection and being a Kopite.
I have affection for a few clubs, for various reasons, but would not even be close to being classed as a [insert nickname here].
I would also add that he probably does have affection for the job where he won a few trophies, it just happens to be our neighbours. That is how I see it, a guy who, rightly, will look on his time managing them lot with fondness but now, after a few jobs in between, is 100% wanting to manage us and improve us.
Whether he will or not, is another matter. I personally hope so but am not going to make predictions that he definitely will. I would say at the moment, signings, etc. has been underwhelming but time will tell.
Also, so what if they still sing his name (I doubt they will now), there are many that have tattoos of him and to be honest that is pretty funny. Some of their fans will still look to a manager that won things with them, that is not a stick to beat him with.
Fingers crossed that we can maybe look to him the same or similar way, maybe all the people calling him names and using his association with them should look at it another way. If he does succeed here, just how annoyed will they be. The toys that will be thrown out of the pram would be glorious. So let us all be positive and think about how much they will act like pathetic entitled children if we can actually start to improve under Benitez.