Benitez was the man who initiated the talks to get Dobbin to sign a new contract. Only a couple of months ago Benitez was informed that Dobbin hadn’t signed a new contract that had been offered to him last summer, Benitez couldn’t believe it, he was further formed that Dobbin had been offered a great deal by a European club and was holding out for a better offer from Everton, not necessarily a deal as good as the foreign offer. Benitez then started the talks that reopened with Dobbin and his agent, today was the fulfilment of those talks with the chairman getting the credit for the deal when in reality he, most probably just put the signing off touches to the deal.