‘NO WORRIES’ ON DUB

MARTIN DUBRAVKA has caught the eye of Juventus, but Rafa Benitez is “not worried”.

Dubravka (above) was signed last January from Sparta Prague, and the loan deal made permanent for £4million in the summer. His

this potential. I have experience in different countries and big cities. You go to Madrid, you have four or five teams at the maximum level, you go to Milan and it’s the same.

“Napoli is similar to Newcastle in terms of everyone supporting one club in the city. It’s positive when you have that.

“I’ve seen some people criticising the North East, but it’s an area with great performances have been excellent, but he would not move to Turin to be a back-up to Wojciech Szczesny.

Benitez said: “Do I worry? Not really. If he attracts interest, it means he is doing well.”

potential. This club is the only one in this region which is so big that you can attract anyone. “When I was in Valencia, Napoli, even Inter or Liverpool, you were checking the richest clubs in the world, the biggest. “Here, we’re something like 99 per cent of capacity for home games every week. It’s really, really difficult to find that and here it means everybody

cares about football too.” Benitez fancies his chances as a hands-on co-owner one day, but at a small club where he can help develop players.

Intriguingly, he said: “In the future, I would like to be involved in a small club. At a massive level, no. I don’t have this amount of money.”

Asked if that could be his local team on Merseyside, Tranmere, he replied: “I didn’t say the name, but close!” Like Gary Neville at Salford? “I don’t think he has too much time to be coaching. I like coaching too,” Benitez added.