Spaniard “honoured” by new appointment at Liverpool

Liverpool Reserve team coach Rodolfo Borrell has expressed his delight at his new appointment. He told Liverpoolfc.tv:

“It’s a great honour for me to be the reserve team manager. The club have shown they have great confidence in my ability and I am happy. It is a job that means my name will sit forever alongside the likes of Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan, Roy Evans, Phil Thompson and Sammy Lee. They are big names in Liverpool’s history and it is also an important role because it is the final step in the Academy. The players need to be ready if they are to make the move into the first-team set-up and I am going to fight for that.”

Borrell is excited about being part of the new U19 European Champions League next season:

“It is a great opportunity for me as a coach and for the lads as players. Obviously it is a great competition and it is going to be really tough. There are some massive clubs involved including Sporting Lisbon. They have the best youth system in Portugal and one of the best in the world. The likes of Luis Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo and Quaresma have all come from there. They are a great example as an Academy. There are other teams like Manchester City, Barcelona, Wolfsburg, Milan etc etc. We will play home and away in front of big crowds and that can only be positive for the lads.”

This week it is former LFC WAG Gisela Molinero!