{"id":427979,"date":"2017-10-12T13:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/rafa-benitez-expects-more-from-atsu-and-hayden\/"},"modified":"2017-10-12T13:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:30:27","slug":"rafa-benitez-expects-more-from-atsu-and-hayden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/12\/rafa-benitez-expects-more-from-atsu-and-hayden\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafa Benitez expects more from Atsu and Hayden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 12 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-10-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/22261302.295.jpg\" alt=\"Benitez Atsu\" title=\"Benitez Atsu\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Christian Atsu has been able to impress Rafa Benitez<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507815027_447_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez expects Christain Atsu and Christian Hayden to hit to form much more than they have shown.<\/p>\n<p>The duo have been the backbone of the Magpies impressive start to the season but manager Benitez expects more from them should they become world class players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuality is not just that they can pass, they can put the ball in the top corner or things like that. It\u2019s about whether they can understand the game, and whether they have the margin to improve,\u201d Benitez replied, as quoted by Chronicle Live, when asked how he decides whether a player can make it in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome players you can see that, maybe, they can improve a lot, and others who you think are close to their maximum level. It\u2019s something you have to consider.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we signed Hayden, he is a young player so he can improve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much? We don\u2019t yet know. It depends on him too \u2013 on how much he wants to learn, if he listens to you and pays attention to details in the training sessions. You have to feel that they want to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example Atsu. Some people were saying at the beginning: \u2018Oh Atsu, why will we keep Atsu?\u2019 But he is very cheap now, when you see the market he is very cheap, and you can see that he can improve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan he be at the level that we need for him to do \u2018this\u2019 or \u2018that\u2019? I don\u2019t know, but he\u2019s someone that you know has improved and will keep improving because he\u2019s keen to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle next travel to the St. Mary\u2019s Stadium to face Southampton in an English Premiership clash on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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