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Ex-Liverpool star Javier Mascherano fancies reunion with Rafa Benitez at Napoli
BARCELONA star Javier Mascherano has hinted that he would like to link up again with former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez at Napoli.
Mascherano, who has been played out of position at centre back admitted recently he would be open to leaving the Catalan giants should an offer be forthcoming.
"You never know," Mascherano told Spanish paper El Pais.
"In football, you have to be prepared for anything. There were calls from somewhere else, but no offers.
"There are always doubts. You are at Barcelona and you have to fight for your place."
And Mascherano has raised the spectre of a move by saying he is in regular contact with Benitez.
"Moving to Napoli? I can only say that I speak with Benitez often," Mascherano told Italian paper Il Mattino.
"Almost every day we talk.
“I’ve always appreciated him as a coach.”