Benitez hits out at Liverpool MD despite massive payoff

Rafael Benitez has hit out at Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow's handling of his golden handshake departure from the Merseyside club earlier this month.

The Spaniard agreed to end his six-year tenure at Anfield by mutual consent following a below-par season that saw the Reds finish seventh in the Premier League table while they also crashed out of the Champions league at the group stage.