Rafa Benitez slams Liverpool bosses

Rafa Benitez has blasted the directors of his former club Liverpool, saying they "knew nothing about soccer".

Since being sacked from Anfield after six years in charge, the Inter Milan coach has been uncharacteristically quiet about the circumstances in which he left the Premier League club up until now.

He said: "The last year I had directors who knew nothing about soccer and you couldn't talk about soccer with them."

His strained relationship with Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who put the debt-ridden club up for sale in April, is in sharp contrast to his dealings with Internazionale owner Massimo Moratti.

"My relationship with Moratti is really good," said the Spaniard. "He is a man who knows his football."

Benitez took over from Jose Mourinho after Inter won an unprecedented Italian treble last season. ·