Pellegrino joins Reds staff

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The 36-year-old Argentinian, who played 12 times for the Reds in 2005, has been working as a youth team coach at Valencia but will now return to Merseyside to join the backroom team that also has Sammy Lee recently installed as assistant manager.

Boss Rafael Benitez said of Pellegrino: "His role will be first-team coach, and he will also carry out specialist training sessions. He can also work specifically with the defence, and also the reserves."

He added: "Pellegrino has a winning mentality. He won the Inter-continental Cup before going to Spain with Barcelona and Valencia.

"He has a lot of passion. When I asked him to come he was very pleased, but first he wanted to find out if there was a school where his three children could play good football. He is a football man."

Meanwhile, Benitez has spoken of his pride in Fernando Torres' Euro 2008 triumph after he scored the winner for his country against Germany in Sunday's final.

The manager was quick to praise record signing Torres, who suffered some heavy criticism from the Spanish media during the tournament.

"I am very proud of Fernando, especially after he has been criticised from some journalists in Spain," Benitez said.

"Everyone in Spain remembers the Marcelino goal from 44 years ago (when Spain were last European champions), and the last final Spain were in was 24 years ago.

"Now people will talk about Torres in the same way, I am very proud of him and what he has achieved."