10 Liverpool Players Who Fell Out With The Manager

8. Jerzy Dudek

The hero in Istanbul, it€™s probably understandable that Jerzy Dudek found himself frustrated at having been completely frozen out of the Liverpool side the following campaign, following the arrival of Pepe Reina from Villareal. Flaring tempers finally came to a head at the turn of the year, when the disgruntled Pole hit out at Benitez for refusing him a transfer away from the club.

''It۪s the latest lot of rubbish from Benitez. Even if he wants to play me in a Liverpool match, I don۪t want to play for this club any more. I can۪t see any point talking further with Benitez. It۪s a waste of time. I have decided to leave Liverpool whatever the cost and I won۪t change my mind. Benitez just makes the frustration deeper. I didn۪t go to Luton last Saturday to make it clear that I۪m not interested in being second-choice keeper. Why doesn۪t he behave like a decent person for once in his life and start treating me in a proper way, like I always have him?۪۪ - Jerzy Dudek, January 2006.

To demonstrate his insistance on becoming a first-choice goalkeeper again, Dudek subsequently signed for Real Madrid in the summer, where he subsequently had front row seats to Iker Casillas€™ performances each week for the remaining four years of his career.