5 players who were lucky to play for Liverpool

#3 Milan Jovanovic

Jovanovic was Benitez's last Liverpool signing

Enough about Roy Hodgson, let’s get a little back in the past and focus on Rafa Benitez. The Spaniard might have been one of the best managers in Liverpool’s recent history and was the only one in this millennium to get Liverpool a manager title, but he also had his shortcomings.

For one, he wasn’t entirely great in the transfer market. While some of his best signings might be the likes of Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso, he has also erred with the likes of Alberto Aquilani and Andriy Voronin.

However, none of them were worse than Milan Jovanovic. One could almost say that this was Benitez’s parting gift to Liverpool – someone who the coach couldn’t even manage because he was sacked before Jovanovic joined in the summer after the signing was apparently completed on a pre-contract deal in January 2010.

The Serbian winger lasted only a year and played in only 10 games during his one-year tenure at Liverpool.