Nolberto Solano, assistant coach of Ricardo Gareca in the Peruvian National Team, visited the facilities of his former club, Newcastle United, and was able to talk with the Spanish coach who leads the Magpies, Rafa Benítez.
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"Rafa is a great man, I had the opportunity to talk to him. I am still involved in football now, as the coach of Peru, and it is good to talk about football. He has given me some advice - he is an experienced man. I am learning," Solano declared to the club's website.
"The 'Maestrito' also commented that the Spanish coach is a very nice person and that he made him feel very welcome throughout the visit. In addition, Solano highlighted the virtues of the strategist and assured that he knows the game of the Magpies very well.
"Rafa Benitez is a very nice person. He made me feel very welcome here. He is working so hard for the club, I know it is not so easy, but he knows the game very well and has a lot of experience," added the former player of the Peruvian National Team.
Finally, 'Ñol' recognized that he has not visited the club's headquarters for almost two years and pointed out that he found it pleasant to reconnect with many people associated with the club that he knew during his time wearing the Newcastle shirt.
"The last time I visited the club was about a year and a half or two years ago, but it is nice to see the same faces in the kitchen, the guys who make the grass. It's so nice, so charming. I was here for years and years, so it always brings you back a bit. It's emotional," he concluded.