Rafael Benitez today launched a cryptic attack on Liverpool's ousted owners and current managing director Christian Purslow.
Benitez, whose six-year reign as manager ended in the summer, hit out at former co-owner Tom Hicks' claim that he was largely to blame for the Reds' worst ever start to the Barclays Premier League this season.
Hicks pointed the finger at Benitez for wasting much of the money he was given to spend during the latter half of his tenure.
But a clearly irked Benitez this afternoon insisted the Americans were to blame, citing their of appointment Purslow in the summer of last year as the beginning of a downward spiral that ended in the Spaniard's exit.
