Rafa Benitez has revealed that he never received an offer from Chelsea to take over the reins at Stamford Bridge following the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas earlier this month.
The former Liverpool boss, who has also been linked with a return to Anfield, was touted as the 34-year-old’s replacement but since his departure, Roberto di Matteo has stepped up from the position of assistant manager to take over as interim boss.
While the 51-year-old admits he is keen to make a return to the Premier League, he is prepared to wait for the right opportunity to present itself, with the chance to move to Chelsea never materialising.
"I'm waiting for a good offer in England, my family is settled here and I didn't have the right offer so far," Benitez said at the Soccerex conference.
"I'm not worried about it, I need to find the right club and the right project.
"I heard a lot of rumours about Chelsea but I didn't have a proper offer on the table."
The Spaniard also advised Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini not to respond to the mind games of United boss Sir Alex Ferguson as the city rivals gear up for the title run-in.
"As a manager you need to worry about your job and your team, not the mind games," he said.
"People are talking about mind games with Man U and City. Both teams are very good teams and if City win their next match 5-0 people will say Mancini is not affected by the mind games. If they lose it's 'oh, the mind games'.
"When you have a lot of foreign players normally they don't read the newspapers so the mind games for them are nothing.
"I don't think that it's important or makes a big difference. The main thing is if you have a good team you can win all the mind games, if you don't have a good team you can't.
"I think it the title race will be tough until the end. City have enough quality and United have the confidence now and the experience."
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