The United chief executive has blasted back at Rafa Benitez's accusations that his club somehow receive preferential treatment from the FA.Liverpool boss Rafa Bentiez opened a can of worms with his heated diatribe last Friday when he directed some pretty fierce accusations at Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, claiming that the Scot was treated differently from other managers by the Football Association.
The feud continued over the weekend, and Benitez further fanned the flames on Monday, questioning United chief executive David Gill's role at the FA.
"Is there a conflict of interest with David Gill at the FA?" asked the Spaniard.
"That is another fact. It is a fact that one person has a lot of power and control, and is on a lot of committees in the FA. To me that is very strange."
Gill hit back today, dismissing the Liverpool manager's remarks as: "pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things."
"Obviously the comments he made last Friday, Alex dealt with after the game against Chelsea," Gill continued.
"With respect to his comments on my position, I think it's totally inaccurate."
The United chief then went on to outline specifically the democracy and transparency of the situation at the FA as he saw it.
"The reality of it is that on the FA board sit three representatives of the Premier League. The chairman, Sir Dave Richards, the chairman of Bolton, Phil Gartside, and myself. We're elected every year by all the clubs in the Premier League - every club has a vote - and when we're on those boards, we're there representing the Premier League," Gill explained.
"I fully understand that - I'm aware of it - and I'm not representing Manchester United."
He continued by utterly refuting Benitez's suggestions, clearly regarding them as absurd.
"If you look at the decisions and the issues then anyone would understand we don't get special treatment because of that - it's not the way we operate.
"I was surprised by them [Rafa's remarks] and they were totally inaccurate."
Red Devils' manager Alex Ferguson seemed to think the pressure was getting to his Liverpool counterpart: "He is obviously disturbed about something. When he reflects on it he must realise what a ridiculous thing he is saying."
Resource: Goal.com
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