Wolfsburg trio when he first took over at the Serie
A club.
Ahead of the UEFA Europa League quarter-final
first leg between the teams on Thursday, Benitez
revealed he had his eye on several Wolfsburg
players when he took charge at Napoli in May 2013.
Andre Schurrle, Ivan Perisic and Luiz Gustavo were
all targets for Benitez, who was unable to sign any
of that group.
"Wolfsburg are a great team," Benitez told a news
conference.
"When we started our work here we were planning
to bring in players like Andre Schurrle, Ivan Perisic
and Luiz Gustavo.
"We were very interested in these players but
there was nothing we could do. They would have
been good for the team in terms of a more physical
approach to games.
"We know them very well, and so we will have to do
a good job both mentally and physically, because
Wolfsburg have a lot of quality."
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has put the
team into a permanent training camp ahead of the
Europa League clash.
Benitez said he accepted that decision.
"Everyone has its own way to manage these kind of
situations," the Spaniard said.
"I have respected the president's decision [to
force a training camp] mainly because we still have
10 games to go and we can still do a very positive
season.
"We must be united to make our fans happy."
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