Sami has faith in Rafa the gaffer

Sami Hyypia is expecting more good times with Benitez in charge. He has no problems with Rafa looking for another centre back to provide competition for his place and is ready for a battle to get closer to the top of the Premiership. He had this to say in an interview with the Guardian:

"I have trust in him,""When we came back from summer holiday on the first day he took me into his office and said: 'We are looking for a centre-half.' I said: 'Fine, competition is good.' Come January, I bet someone comes in. But I look at it positively.
"I feel Rafael Benitez brings good days, a lot of trophies."
"Chelsea is a great team and for them to be 37 points ahead of us last season, maybe we can't get past them this season. But we are definitely going to close the gap, and fight," added Hyypia.
I don't think Carra meant that we will give up. Of course we have to have the reality that it might not be possible [to win it]. But maybe Carra wanted to take some pressure off the team. We haven't given up anything.
"It will take time for the manager to get the squad that he wants.
"This season we have Zenden, Crouch, Sissoko and Reina, new faces.
"We will be more ready for the task because the manager has four new players he rates very highly."