(Reuters) - After a frustrating close season transfer window, Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez is making the best of his lot, with his personable approach reaping rewards. Despite finishing top of the Championship last season, Benitez was keen to significantly bolster his squad before the beginning of the new Premier League campaign. "We've got a really good relationship," 23-year-old captain Jamaal Lascelles said of his manager in The Telegraph newspaper this week. "Rafa is a world-class manager," former Newcastle striker Micky Quinn told local newspaper The Chronicle. It isn't the first time Benitez has produced results greater than the sum of his squad's parts.

Source: The Star September 22, 2017 14:15 UTC