Cookies on Sportsvibe.co.uk We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Sportsvibe website. However, if you would like to, you can change your cookie settings at any time. Benitez Believes He Had A Part To Play In The Emergence Of Liverpool's Young Talents Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez believes he has had some part to play in the emergence of young starlets Raheem Sterling and Suso. Despite their shaky start to the season, Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers have won acclaim for delving into their youth ranks and providing their young talents with legitimate first team opportunities, most notably to Sterling, Suso and defender Andre Wisdom. Benitez left Liverpool in June 2010 after a six year tenure at the club, but two of his last notable pieces of business involved the signing of then-15-year-old Sterling from Queens Park Rangers, and convincing Suso to turn down the lures of Real Madrid and sign for Liverpool instead. The former Inter manager was sacked before the young Spaniard's arrival, but believes changes he and his colleagues implemented at the club's academy before his exit are now coming to fruition, much to the benefit of the club. "I felt that we had a project n my last year in charge," Benitez told ESPN . "We tried to control the academy a bit more. We changed the philosophy and style