Liverpool hero Aldridge blames Benitez for Keane flop: Bang out of order | OneFootball

Liverpool hero John Aldridge blames Rafa Benitez for Robbie Keane flopping at Anfield.

Aldridge wrote for the Sunday World: "When Benitez is running a club, it's his way or the highway and that's not ideal if you are not one of his men.

"Look at the way he treated Robbie Keane after he made his dream move to Liverpool in 2008.

"Robbie is a top player and, like me, he dreamed of pulling on that red shirt and playing in front of The Kop.

"He did well in the games he played for Liverpool, but there was a theory at the time that Benitez didn't want him – and that chief executive Rick Parry was the man who pushed to sign Robbie.

"As Rafa and Parry were not getting along, it looked like Robbie was used as a pawn in their battle and it was bang out of order.

"Keane could have been a great striker for Liverpool if he had been given a chance by Benitez, but he would rather win a personal battle behind the scenes at the club than do what was best for the club."