On Monday, Spanish outlet ABC de Cordoba brings a nice interview with Pedro Campos, who works on Rafael Benitez’s staff at Newcastle United.
The job that Campos has been doing for Benitez for years is watching other teams and players and compiling reports for the Spanish boss.
But most of his chat with the newspaper was about his passion for Cordoba, his childhood club, which he follows on a daily basis.
“It’s something that I have marked on the skin, something I feel,” Campos told ABC. “Yes, I am a follower and sufferer. And, therefore, wherever I am, I always try to be aware of what the team is doing and have as much information as possible with permission from Newcastle, of course.”
On how he manages to watch so many games, Campos said: “It is an obligation that I put on myself. For example, I saw the Sporting game in a hotel room at three in the morning. I think that says everything.”
Asked if he’s ever helped Cordoba, he said: “Whenever it has been in my hand, yes. In fact, I’m going to tell something that few people know. This summer, when I saw the problems that Cordoba had with the signings, I sent a list of players for a possible loan from Newcastle, but it did not happen.”
Pedro Campos has also commented on Rafa Benitez: “He is one of the people with the greatest human capacity I know. Everything for him starts with respect. I would say that he is a better person than a manager and as a manager he is one of the best in the world.”
